Person    | Male  Born 1/1/1933  Died 9/8/1967

Joe Orton

Categories: Theatre, Tragedy

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 committed suicide with sleeping pills, at 25 Noel Road.

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Joe Orton

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Joe Orton

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Gatti family

Gatti family

Swiss-Italian family.  Restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs. Four generations of note, all born in Dongio, Val di Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland: Carlo; Agostino (18...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, Theatre, Switzerland

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Royal Court Theatre

Royal Court Theatre

The current building designed by Walter Emden and Bertie Crewe, opened as the New Court Theatre. Many of George Bernard Shaw's early plays were produced here. It ceased to be a theatre in 1932, and...

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Ann Oldfield

Ann Oldfield

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1 memorial
Joseph William Comyns Carr

Joseph William Comyns Carr

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Person, Art, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Theatre

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

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Person, Literature, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France

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