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Up Against It was originally commissioned for the Beatles as the film to follow Help . But they reckoned without Joe Orton's predilection for outrageous black farce. 'The boys, in my script,' he wrote, 'have been caught in-flagrante, become involved in dubious political activity, dressed as women, committed murder, been put in prison and committed adultery.'The story behind the writing of Up Against It , Orton's bizarre encounters with the Beatles' entourage and his death on the very morning he was due to discuss the filming, is recounted in the introduction by John Lahr, author of Orton's biography Prick up Your Ears .
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Evergreen edition. Introduction by John Lahr. Trade paperback. 70pp., [6pp.] Pages age-toned, near fine. The unproduced screenplay for a proposed follow-up film to The Beatles *Help*, by gay playwright Joe Orton who was discovered murder the morning of his meeting with the Fab Four. Seller Inventory # 582312
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