Prick up your ears

Prick up your ears

by Simon Bent

Part of Oberon modern plays

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"1962. Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton - RADA graduates, aspiring playwrights, and sometime lovers - plot their rightful place at the centre of London’s literary scene. But while Joe becomes the greatest, and most notorious comic playwright since Oscar Wilde, Ken's ambitions are thwarted and he is reduced to the role of Joe's housekeeper..."Back cover.

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  1. 1

    How does the dynamic of envy and resentment shift between Kenneth and Joe as their artistic successes diverge, and at what point do you think their relationship passed the point of no return?

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    In what ways does 1960s London serve as a character in its own right, and how does the cultural and theatrical climate of the era enable Joe Orton's provocative success while stifling Kenneth Halliwell?

  3. 3

    Have you ever experienced a friendship or partnership where one person's rapid growth inadvertently created distance or insecurity in the other, and how did you navigate it?

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