The fourth production in Profiles' Dark Night Series, THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR was Joe Orton's first play, a dark comedy written in 1963. The story concerns a working class couple who are visited by a mysterious stranger asking for a room. But it quickly becomes apparent that the stranger may be seeking retribution for the death of his brother (also his lover) who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. As in all of Orton's plays, THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR examines social mores, sexuality, religion, and the English language with hilarious, yet often devastating results.