Little light in dark play about the early Beatles

Friel has positioned the action mere weeks from the actual deaths of Orton (bludgeoned by his lover) and Epstein (drug overdose). In this fantasy, Orton has pursued Epstein to find out why his screenplay for a Beatles film was rejected out of hand. The coppers are in pursuit of possible homosexual activity (which had just been decriminalized in 1967 England), though we learn that one of the two has her own agenda. [read more]