{"product_id":"prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-9781504031479","title":"Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis mesmerizing story of playwright and author Joe Orton's brief and remarkable life was named book of the year by Truman Capote and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Patrick White \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with precision and extensive detail, \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e is the engrossing biography of playwright and novelist Joe Orton. Orton's public career spanned only three years (1964-1967), but his work made a lasting mark on the international stage. From \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Mr. Sloane \u003c\/i\u003eto his career-making \u003ci\u003eLoot, \u003c\/i\u003eOrton's plays often shocked, sometimes outraged, and always captivated audiences with their dark yet farcical cynicism. A rising star and undeniable talent, Orton left much undone when he was bludgeoned to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, who had educated Orton and also dreamed of becoming a famous writer. \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis for the distinguished 1987 film of the same name, directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Alan Bennett, and starring Gary Oldman and Vanessa Redgrave. A brilliant, page-turning examination of the dueling forces behind Orton's work, \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e secured the playwright's reputation as a great twentieth-century artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLahr, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Lahr (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author. He was the senior drama critic at the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor twenty years. He has twice received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and was the first critic to win a Tony Award, for co-authoring \u003ci\u003eElaine Stritch at Liberty. \u003c\/i\u003eThe author of eighteen books, ranging from fiction to biography, Lahr is best known for \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: The Biography of Bert Lahr\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) and \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: The Biography of Joe Orton \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), which was made into a film. He lives in London.","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873445450002,"sku":"9781504031479","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88f0227d-78a6-42f5-9f28-e7a46decfa41.jpg?v=1737934886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-9781504031479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}