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What the Butler Saw " review by Michael Billington

Vaudeville, LondonJoe Orton's final play, unrevised at the time of his death in 1967, is a hard one to get right, since it combines manic farce with non-stop social commentary. That doesn't excuse Sean Foley's production. Everyone bellows, barks, screeches and shouts so much that Orton's subversive wit gets buried under an avalanche of coarse acting.You know it's going to be an over-the-top evening from the moment Ti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AM on May 17, 2012

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