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John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential.
Aug 9, 2017 · Police came to the door of Joe Orton, the man who would one day be one of the most famous playwrights in the United Kingdom, and his partner Kenneth Halliwell’s one-bedroom apartment at 9 a.m...
Joe Orton (born Jan. 1, 1933, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng.—died Aug. 9, 1967, London) was a British playwright noted for his outrageous and macabre farces. Orton was originally an unsuccessful actor.
Oct 15, 2016 · Orton’s short career—a mere four years from complete obscurity in 1963 to his death at the hands of partner Kenneth Halliwell in 1967—is explored in A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe...
Aug 8, 2017 · Fifty years ago the playwright Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend at the peak of his career. What is Orton's legacy, and what would he have made of the strides towards...
Aug 2, 2017 · Monday 27 February 1967: In South Kensington, admired the architectural splendours of the Science Museum and the V&A. Joe Orton’s diary entry is followed by the approving verdict of his agent, Peggy Ramsay, on Up Against It, his unproduced screenplay for The Beatles.
Aug 8, 2017 · Fifty years ago the playwright Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend at the peak of his career. What is Orton's legacy, and what would he have made of the strides towards...
Jun 27, 2014 · A look at playwright Joe Orton and the 50th anniversary of his first stage play, Entertaining Mr Sloane.
Aug 1, 2017 · On August 9 1967, Joe Orton was struck nine times with a hammer by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in their Islington flat. Halliwell, a manic depressive, then committed suicide by swallowing...
Nov 23, 1988 · Joe Orton's violent death at the hands of Kenneth Halliwell transformed his life into theatrical mythology. Though his body of work is small - three full-length plays and several shorter ones...
