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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. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies.
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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. on...
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Joseph Rennard Orton (1795-1842), Wesleyan Methodist missionary, was born on 10 October 1795 at Hull, England, a son of John and Eleanor Orton. While working for a ship chandler in London, he was befriended by a family named Wilkinson through whom he became active in Limehouse Wesleyan Chapel.
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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 equality...
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 Orton, a...
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Aug 5, 2024 · 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.
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 equality...
