Joe Orton
Playwright, Author
1933 – 1967
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Who was Joe Orton?
John Kingsley Orton was an English playwright and author. His public career was short but prolific, lasting from 1964 until his death. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque is sometimes used to refer to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1933
Leicester - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Kenneth Halliwell
(1951 - 1967/08/09)
- Kenneth Halliwell
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- Aug 9, 1967
London - Resting place
- Golders Green Crematorium
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on July 23, 2013
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