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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. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential.
Aug 8, 2017 · Fifty years ago the playwright Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend at the peak of his career. What is Orton's legacy, and what would he have made of the strides towards...
FULL MATCH - Styles vs. Mysterio vs. Orton vs. Joe vs. Ali: SmackDown, Jan. 1, 2019. A WWE Championship opportunity at Royal Rumble 2019 hangs in the balance as five of the blue brand’s...
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Aug 8, 2017 · Fifty years ago the playwright Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend at the peak of his career. What is Orton's legacy, and what would he have made of the strides towards...
Mar 5, 2012 · Joe Orton being interviewed in April 1967 by Eamon Andrews, Nearly exactly five months later he was killed by his partner Kenneth Halliwell.
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Aug 2, 2017 · Orton had been bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, just as he was beginning to reap the rewards of his writing career. The murder, and Halliwell’s suicide, were discovered on 9 August 1967, when Orton was due at a meeting to discuss his Beatles’ script.
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Mar 4, 2019 · Joe Orton’s final play, a savage parody of social attitudes to sexual coercion, could have been written for the #MeToo generation.
