Joe Orton

Playwright

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Gender	Male
Death	57 years ago
Date of birth	January 1,1933
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Born	Leicester
	United Kingdom
Date of died	August 9,1967
Died	Islington
	London
	United Kingdom
Siblings	Marilyn Orton
	Douglas Orton
	Leonie Orton
Job	Author
	Playwright
Movies/Shows	Loot
	Entertaining Mr Sloane
Awards	Obie Award for Best Foreign Play
	Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Parents	William A. Orton
Plays	Loot
Date of Reg.	2019-02-10 14:04:19
Date of Upd.	2023-11-10 19:56:50
ID	405132

The Orton Diaries
The Complete Plays
The Erpingham Camp
Fred and Madge: The Visitors : Two Plays
Head to toe
Between Us Girls: A Novel
The Boy Hairdresser: And, Lord Cucumber : Two Novels
Crimes of Passion: The Ruffian on the Stair, The Erpingham Camp
Orton Complete Plays: Entertaining Mr Sloane; Loot; What the Butler; Ruffian; Erpingham Camp; Funeral Games; Good & . . .
Funeral Games: And, The Good and Faithful Servant
The Methuen Drama Book of Plays from the Sixties: Roots; Serjeant Musgrave's Dance; Loot; Early Morning; the Ruling Class
Contemporary British Plays
Roof

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Joe Orton Life story

John Kingsley Orton, known under the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his death 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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... Star-spotters might like to know it is the place where George Michael was arrested for drugs offences in 2008 - and, according to Historic England, is the " only public convenience still in use that we know was used by [playwright] Joe Orton to cruise"...