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Orton wrote and rewrote Funeral Games four times from July to November 1966.

Created for a 1967 Rediffusion series, The Seven Deadly Virtues, Orton's play dealt with charity -- especially Christian charity — in a confusion of adultery and murder.

Rediffusion did not use the play ; instead, it was made as one of the first productions of the new ITV company Yorkshire Television, and broadcast posthumously on 26 August 1968.