• 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...
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  • and collagist. He was the mentor, boyfriend, and murderer of playwright Joe Orton. Halliwell was born in Bebington near Liverpool. He was very close to...
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  • a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett...
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    British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern...
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    British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern...
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  • Entertaining Mr Sloane (category Plays by Joe Orton)
    Sloane is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964...
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    Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand...
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    George Gissing, artist Walter Sickert, playwright Joe Orton, and the author Nina Bawden. In 1967, Orton was murdered in his apartment at 25 Noel Road by...
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    In English literature, she is known for her work on the British writer Joe Orton; she edited several of his early novels and plays for their first publication...
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    Title Role Venue 1998 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs Joe Orton Hampstead Theatre 2005 Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson Piccadilly Theatre...
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  • Loot (play) (category Plays by Joe Orton)
    Loot is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death...
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    indecent assault. After the murder of playwright Joe Orton by his boyfriend Kenneth Halliwell in 1967, Orton's diaries were published and included explicit...
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  • responsible for commissioning and directing the early plays of Caryl Churchill, Joe Orton, Tom Stoppard and Sue Townsend. Tydeman was the head of BBC Radio Drama...
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  • Up Against It (category Plays by Joe Orton)
    Against It is an unproduced script by Joe Orton, written in 1967 for the Beatles at the height of their fame. Orton's screenplay was a revised version of...
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  • in The Sea at the same theatre. Haig's next role was Truscott in the Joe Orton black farce Loot at London's Tricycle Theatre from 11 December 2008 to...
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    until the latter's death in May 2024. They met during the production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane. The couple resided in South London. Daniels was...
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  • in Only Fools and Horses. Lyndhurst was born on 20 April 1961, to parents Joe Lyndhurst and Liz Long, and raised in Emsworth, Hampshire. His parents met...
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    (2017) directed by Guy Ritchie. Fox played key scenes as Mr. Sloane in Joe Orton Laid Bare, voiced a character/s in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, and voiced...
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    2006 My First Wedding Nick Goldplated Col Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Joe Orton 2007 Fairy Tales Jake 2008 Shameless Mark 1 episode; series 5 episode...
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  • What the Butler Saw (play) (category Plays by Joe Orton)
    What the Butler Saw is a two-act farce written by the English playwright Joe Orton. He began work on the play in 1966 and completed it in July 1967, one...
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    theatre director. He was best known for his roles in the comedies of Joe Orton. He received three Tony Award nominations for his roles in the plays Spokesong...
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    Roberts and Joe Orton's sister, Leonine Orton-Barnet. The second is at the Little Theatre in Orton's hometown on the anniversary of Orton's death on 9...
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  • directed by Eric Thompson (1976) Sergeant Match, What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton at the Royal Exchange, Manchester directed by Braham Murray (1977) Tom...
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    this character as the basis for belittling him. "Aunt Edna" inspired Joe Orton to create "Edna Welthorpe", a mischievous alter ego stirring up controversy...
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  • film "lethal farce, combining hints of The Lavender Hill Mob, doses of Joe Orton and a smidgen of the Farrelly brothers' scatology in its mix." He added...
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  • Entertaining Mr Sloane, a 1964 play by Joe Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane, the 1970 film version of the play by Joe Orton Sloane (film), a 1984 action movie...
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    Night series (BBC) she appeared with her husband Timothy West in the Joe Orton farce What the Butler Saw (1987) playing Mrs Prentice. For ten years,...
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    Pinter Gateway Theatre, Chester 1971 Entertaining Mr Sloane Mr. Sloane Joe Orton Gateway Theatre, Chester 1971 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Performer...
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  • The Ruffian on the Stair (category Plays by Joe Orton)
    The Ruffian On the Stair is a play by British playwright Joe Orton which was first broadcast on BBC Radio in 1964, in a production by John Tydeman. It...
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    acquainted with many of the leading figures in the British theatre, including Joe Orton, who recounted in his diaries that he asked her advice on how best to...
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