The Visitors (play)

The Visitors is a 1961 one-act play by British playwright Joe Orton.[2] The BBC and the Royal Court Theatre had considered the work but ultimately rejected it, despite their both having insisted that the writing was "excellent." [3] Orton's career would take off in 1964 with the staging of his Entertaining Mr. Sloane, and The Visitors (aka The Visit ) would remain forgotten until its UK publication in 1998 by Nick Hern Books; a US edition from Grove Press followed in 1999. [4]

This article is about the play by Joe Orton. For other uses, see Visitor (disambiguation).
The Visitors
Written byJoe Orton[1]
Original languageEnglish

Synopsis

Kemp, a man facing death, is visited in hospital by his middle-aged daughter, Mrs. Platt.[5]

References
  1. Francesca Coppa (2003). Joe Orton: A Casebook. Psychology Press. pp. 67–. ISBN 978-0-8153-3627-3.
  2. "Joe Orton Life and Work". www.joeorton.org.
  3. Lahr, John. Prick up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton. New York: Knopf, 1978, p. 126. ISBN 0394501535
  4. Orton, Joe. The Visitors and Fred and Madge. New York: Grove Press, 1999, p. iv ISBN 0-8021-3628-1
  5. Orton, Joe; Orton, Joe Fred and Madge (October 17, 1998). "The visitors ; Fred and Madge : two plays". New York : Grove Press ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Publishers Group West [distributor] – via Internet Archive.
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