Loot by Joe Orton was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 14 September 1997. Please note The Day In The Life by the Beatles has had to be removed because of copyright. Apologies but it means that the opening credits are missing but the play will run beyond this. Story: Black comedy - Loot follows the fortunes of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis. Dennis is a hearse driver for an undertaker. They have robbed the bank next door to the funeral parlour and have returned to Hal's home to hide-out with the loot. Hal's mother has just died and the pair put the money in her coffin, hiding the body elsewhere in the house. With the arrival of Inspector Truscott, the thickened plot turns topsy-turvy. Playing with all the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a world gone mad and examines in detail English attitudes at mid-century. The play has been called a Freudian nightmare, which sports with superstitions about death - and life. It is regularly produced in professional and amateur productions. First produced in London in 1966, Loot was hailed as "the most genuinely quick-witted, pungent and sprightly entertainment by a new, young British playwright for a decade" (Sunday Telegraph). Cast: McLeavy: Trevor Peacock Fay: Debra Gillett Hal: Neil Stuke Dennis: Andy Serkis Truscott: Timothy Spall Director: Lindsay Posner
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