Playwright. Born Leicester. Came to London in 1951 as a student at RADA, where he met fellow student Kenneth Halliwell. Works include Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot, in which he wrote the part of Inspector Truscott for his close friend Kenneth Williams. In 1962 Orton and his partner, Halliwell, were prosecuted for stealing and defacing books from the Islington Public Library. Jealous of his sexual adventures, Halliwell murdered Orton with a hammer and then died by suicide using sleeping pills, at 25 Noel Road.
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Crosskey's Inn
In the late 1500s plays were performed in the inn-yard. The Inn was destroyed in the Great Fire.
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Palace Theatre Walthamstow
Designed by Wylson and Long, it was located at 195 - 197 Walthamstow High Street. Known in rhyming slang as 'Aunty Alice', It opened as a cinema and music hall, and became a playhouse in 1952. It c...
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Harold Pinter
Playwright, actor and director. He trained and performed as an actor before taking up writing. His first play to be produced in London's west-end, 'The Birthday Party' was received with almost univ...
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The Mousetrap
The world's longest running play - still going in 2013. Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson. We've heard the butler did it.
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Ashley Dukes
Playwright, critic and theatre manager. Founded the Mercury Theatre. Husband of Dame Marie Rambert.
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