1962. Kenneth Halliwell and Joe OrtonRADA graduates, aspiring playwrights, and sometime loversplot their rightful place at the centre of Londons literary scene. But after a short interlude at Her Majestys pleasure, Joe is about to become the greatest, and most notorious comic playwright since Oscar Wilde, whilst Ken stays indoors re-decorating, reduced to sharing Joes success with their neighbour, Mrs Corden, over tea and a slice of battenburg.
