{"product_id":"prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-paperback","title":"Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lahr (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author. He was the senior drama critic at the\" New Yorker \"for 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 \"Elaine Stritch at Liberty. \"The author of eighteen books, ranging from fiction to biography, Lahr is best known for\" \"\"Notes on a Cowardly Lion\"\" The Biography of Bert Lahr\" (1969) and \"Prick Up Your Ears\"\" The Biography of Joe Orton \"(1978), which was made into a film. He lives in London. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 365\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771815690528,"sku":"9781504031479","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a9c377f7a2342b799c79d69da8bdfbe4.webp?v=1780394304","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}