"Sir — In finding so much to praise in Entertaining Mr. Sloane, which seems to be nothing more than a highly sensationalized, lurid, crude and over-dramatised picture of life at its lowest, surely your dramatic critic has taken leave of his senses.The effect this nauseating work had on me was to make we want to fill my lungs with some fresh, wholesome Leicester Square air. A distinguished critic, if I quote him correctly, felt the sensation of snakes crawling around his ankles while watching it.Yours truly,Peter Pinnell"
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This letter was written by Orton under a pseudonym and was published by The Daily Telegraph (p. 283 of the Orton Diaries)
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John Kingsley "Joe" Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright.
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