Person

Joe Orton

Writing · 1933–1967 · Leicester - England - UK

John Kingsley Orton, 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 by his partner, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies.

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  ITV Playhouse

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  ITV Saturday Night Theatre

  Writer

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  Theatre Night

  Theatre Play

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  Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

  Writer

• Funeral Games

  Writer

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  Loot

  Theatre Play

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  Joe Orton Laid Bare

  Himself (archive)

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  Entertaining Mr. Sloane

  Theatre Play

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  What the Butler Saw

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  Entertaining Mr. Sloane

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• 2017Joe Orton Laid BareHimself (archive)
• 2017Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)Writer
• 1987What the Butler SawWriter
• 1985Theatre NightTheatre Play
• 1983What the Butler SawTheatre Play
• 1973The Ruffian on the StairWriter
• 1970LootTheatre Play
• 1970Entertaining Mr. SloaneTheatre Play
• 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreWriter
• 1968Funeral GamesWriter
• 1968Entertaining Mr. SloaneWriter
• 1967ITV PlayhouseWriter