The play Loot

Joe Orton writes the play, Loot. While awaiting a burial, the poor late Mrs. McLeavy is removed from her coffin so that her devious son and his crony can hide a sum of stolen money. Their mother's nurse, the often-widowed Fay, who has had overwhelmingly, seven husbands, which all have died under mysterious circumstances, has designs on the grieving widower. However a change in Fay fate has her discover the loot which had been hidden. …

…so easily turn them in if they don’t give them a cut of loot. Loot’s theme is of greed. It allows the reader to see the true effects of what happens when love, money, and deception enter a family atmosphere. The character, Mr. McLeavy, represents the gullibleness of this world while his son shows the corruption one can endure. In summation, Loot, can be thought of as a definite dark comedy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**