British comic playwright Joe Orton is known for his outrageous clownishness and his progression towards pure farce which arose from his socially anarchic view of the 1960s. Like Monty Python, Orton drew much of his material from British culture. This text analyzes Orton's three major plays, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Loot and What the Butler Saw, from a biographical perspective. This study is an introduction to the playwright and his work.