Entertaining Mr Sloane

Entertaining Mr Sloane
Methuen Drama edition cover, 2001
Written by	Joe Orton
Characters	Sloane, a young, good-looking psychopath Kath, a middle-aged landlady Ed, Kath's brother Kemp, Kath and Ed's father
Date premiered	6 May 1964
Place premiered	New Arts Theatre London, England
Subject	A landlady and her brother entice a psychopathic young man into sexual liaisons
Genre	Black comedy
Setting	A house on the edge of a rubbish dump

Entertaining Mr Sloane is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton.^[1] It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964.^[2]