During the sixties, Orton's plays such as Loot and Entertaining Mr Sloane showed an hitherto unseen side of British society on the stage and challenged the double standards of the 'moral guardians'. In his first solo play, The Ruffian On The Stair (which is directed by Paul Clayton) we meet a 'couple' who live in a flat in Islington (not unlike Orton's own abode).
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM on February 8, 2019