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1966

The Ruffian on the Stair

Written by Joe Orton

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Context

Place Premiered
BBC Radio (1964)

Artistic Director 
William Gaskill

Dates Performed

Sunday 21st August 1966
Main House (Downstairs)

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Synopsis

Joyce and Mike, a young couple, inhabit a dingy apartment in London. Their relationship is already fraught with tension and dysfunction, and their lives take a bizarre turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilson enters their world. Wilson’s motives are unclear, and his presence disrupts the fragile balance of Joyce and Mike’s coexistence.

 

Director(s)

Ian Watt-Smith

Cast & Creative

Cast

Oliver Cotton

Cast

William Stewart

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