ORTON   Why not? I would.
Halliwell goes to a cupboard and, from a string behind the door, takes an Old Etonian tie and puts it on. Orton changes into a clean T-shirt. Halliwell, behind him, puts on his wig.
Over this action Peggy’s interview with Lahr continues.

PEGGY   (voice-over) They lived in Islington.

LAHR   (voice-over) Isn’t that very fashionable?

PEGGY   (voice-over) Not then, dear.

LAHR   (voice-over) In an apartment?

PEGGY   (voice-over) Hardly. It was a cupboard!

HALLIWELL   All right?

ORTON   (seeing him in the mirror) Smashin’.
But looking critically at himself he takes off his jeans, removes his underpants and then puts his jeans back on again, as Halliwell puts on some make-up. Halliwell retrieves the underpants and puts them to wash as Orton puts on a leather jacket. Orton now puts on a jaunty little cap.
Can we go past the theatre?

HALLIWELL   Oh no. I knew you’d say that. I knew. This was supposed to be my night.

ORTON   (as the door closes) Actually, I just want to get out of this fucking room.
As they go downstairs we see the room in its entirety.

HALLIWELL   (voice-over) I’d better have my Valium now.

ORTON   (voice-over) Give us a couple.

INT./EXT. NOEL ROAD. DUSK. 1967.

Mrs Sugden, the middle-aged occupant of the bottom flat, is at her door. Mr Sugden comes up behind her. She addresses Halliwell and Orton as they come down the stairs.

MRS SUGDEN   Name in the paper again last night. Mr Sugden says you’re halfway to being a household word. Kenneth looks smart. Don’t look at me. I’m not washed.
She looks through the door as they go out.
Going out to supper. Candlelit probably. It’s one function after another.
Mr Sugden comes to the door and watches.
They’ve got the world at their feet.

EXT. CRITERION THEATRE. NIGHT. 1967.

Orton and Halliwell pass by the theatre. We see the neon sign, which reads:

‘OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY’

LOOT

BY JOE ORTON

There is a HOUSE FULL sign outside the box office.

INT. KING’S ROAD GALLERY. NIGHT. 1967.

A small and not very smart gallery, possibly subterranean and a bit damp. Halliwell’s collages are ranged round the walls. A screen made by Halliwell is also on show. A table of glasses filled with white wine, cocktail snacks. The Gallery Owner is an eager woman, determinedly cheerful. Orton and Halliwell stand in the middle of the gallery, which is otherwise empty.

GALLERY OWNER   (looks at watch) Early yet.
She goes and looks at one of the collages with Halliwell.
When I was hanging them I kept thinking Schwitters. Wrong?

HALLIWELL   Not entirely. Because when I first started …
Cut to Peggy and Philip coming into the gallery entrance and down the stairs.

PHILIP   It would be in a cellar.

PEGGY   Shut up. This is our ‘Let’s be nice to Ken’ evening.