In a play by this author, a character cuts the stems off of some roses to make them fit into a vase in which he has hidden an incriminating shoe. A character created by him declares: "God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes.", after a box containing another character's stomach explodes, destroying the only evidence in a murder case. In a play by him, a policeman who has been given an accidental overdose of pills wanders around in a leopard-print dress while trying to recover the lost penis of (*) Winston Churchill. Nurse McMahon poisons Mrs. McLeavy, whose coffin is used by her son to hide the money he robbed from a bank in a play by him. Dr. Prentice's mental hospita
In a play by this author, a character cuts the stems off of some roses to make them fit into a vase in which he has hidden an incriminating shoe. A character created by him declares: "God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes.", after a box containing another character's stomach explodes, destroying the only evidence in a murder case. In a play by him, a policeman who has been given an accidental overdose of pills wanders around in a leopard-print dress while trying to recover the lost penis of (*) Winston Churchill. Nurse McMahon poisons Mrs. McLeavy, whose coffin is used by her son to hide the money he robbed from a bank in a play by him. Dr. Prentice's mental hospital is inspected by Dr. Rance in a farce by this author that was premiered after he was murdered by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell. For 10 points, name this 20th-century British playwright of such ultra-dark comedies as Loot and What the Butler Saw.
In a play by this author, a character cuts the stems off of some roses to make them fit into a vase in which he has hidden an incriminating shoe.
(John Kingsley) "Joe" Orton