Joe Orton
English playwright and author (1933–1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist.
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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 |
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Years active | 1959–1967 |
Partner | Kenneth Halliwell (1951–1967) |
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His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential.[1][2][3][4][5] 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.[6]