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They commissioned acclaimed writers and artists to pay tribute to Orton’s subversive comic genius by writing new Edna Welthorpe letters. They also launched a creative writing competition to teach young people about Joe Orton and satire. The film was screened and the letters were read at Latitude Festival and at a special event at The Little ...
- Joe Orton
About the Leicester-born playwright and author Joe Orton...
- Edna Welthorpe
Orton adopted various pseudonyms including Donald H....
- The Film
Alison Steadman played Kath in Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr...
- New Letters
In 2017, Emma Parker and filmmaker Chris Shepherd...
- Competition
As well as writing some of the most famous plays of the...
- The Event
Images from Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs), an event...
- Joe Orton
Nov 22, 2017 · Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) A short animation in tribute to Joe Orton to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. About the film To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Joe ...
May 16, 2018 · Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) Synopsis An animated tribute to Joe Orton marking the 50th anniversary of his death inspired by the prank letters of complaint that Orton penned under the pseudonym ‘Edna Welthorpe’.
Playwright Joe Orton used to write spoof letters of complaint under the pseudonym Edna Welthorpe - winding up companies, vicars and even ridiculing his...
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- BBC Culture
Jun 22, 2017 · To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Orton’s death on 9 August, Chris Shepherd and Emma Parker have created the Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthrope (Mrs) project which includes a new animation by Chris Shepherd, a creative writing competition, and events at Latitude Festival and The Little Theatre in Leicester.
YOURS FAITHFULLY, EDNA WELTHORPE (MRS) On 9 August 2017, actors, writers and comedians gathered at The Little Theatre, Leicester, to celebrate the life, work and legacy of Joe Orton 50 years after his death. Find out more about the event and the Edna Welthorpe project - including new Edna Welthorpe letters at www.ednawelthorpe.co.uk.
Chris Shepherd directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Joe Orton would write letters of complaint using the pseudonym of Edna Welthorpe. Using this persona, Orton would wind up companies, vicars and even ridicule his own plays. In this short we see what mayhem ensues when Edna writes to Smedley Jams and ...
