Loot (play)

Loot
Front cover of programme for the 1992 production at the Lyric Hammersmith
Written by	Joe Orton
Characters	McLeavy, Fay, Hal, Dennis, Truscott, Meadows
Date premiered	1 February 1965 (1965-02-01)
Place premiered	Cambridge, England
Original language	English
Genre	Farce

Loot is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death, and the integrity of the police force.^[1]

Loot was Orton's third major production, following Entertaining Mr Sloane and the television play The Good and Faithful Servant. Playing with the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a hectic world and examines English attitudes and perceptions in the mid-twentieth century. The play won several awards in its London run and has had many revivals.