Frank Marcus, 'A Classic is Born', The Sunday Telegraph (9 March 1969), quoted in John Lahr, Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton (1978; 1980), p. 277
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What the Butler Saw will live to be accepted as a comedy classic of English literature.
— Frank Marcus
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About Joe Orton
John Kingsley "Joe" Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright.
About Joe Orton
John Kingsley "Joe" Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright.
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