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Joe Orton
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…
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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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2017
Joe Orton Laid Bare
Movie Himself (archive)
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2017
Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
Movie Writer
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1987
What the Butler Saw
Movie Writer
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1985
Theatre Night
TV show Theatre Play
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1983
What the Butler Saw
Movie Theatre Play
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1973
The Ruffian on the Stair
Movie Writer
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1970
Loot
Movie Theatre Play
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1970
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Movie Theatre Play
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Writer
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1968
Funeral Games
Movie Writer
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1968
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Movie Writer
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Writer
