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Joe Orton
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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.
Known for
- Joe Orton Laid Bare — Himself (archive)2017
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Key facts
- Born
- John Kingsley Orton , ( 1933-01-01 ) 1 January 1933, Leicester , England
- Died
- 9 August 1967 (1967-08-09) (aged 34), Islington , London, England
- Cause of death
- Murder by bludgeoning
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Occupations
- Playwright author
- Years active
- 1959–1967
- Partner
- Kenneth Halliwell (1951–1967)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leicester
- Place of death
- Islington
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- black comedy
- Convicted of
- theft
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- date of birth
- 1933-01-01
- date of death
- 1967-08-09
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- blunt trauma
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- pseudonym
- Edna Welthorpe
- end of work period
- 1967-00-00
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- Commons category
- Joe Orton
- birth name
- John Kingsley Orton
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- Iskander Makhmudov
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Encyclopedic overview
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 by his partner, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joe Orton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.