How to play dead: the corpse's view of Joe Orton's Loot
In Orton's dark farce, staged uncut for the first time, Anah Ruddin plays the recently deceased Mrs McLeavy whose body is extravagantly manhandled. She describes the stiff challenges of the roleAs the audience arrive, I wait on stage in an open coffin. This is obviously rather eerie but I like listening to the people come in. With my eyes shut, it's quite restful. Thankfully I haven't fallen asleep yet. Starting the …