The Orton Diaries

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That was my last sight of him, though it proved to be not quite the last time we spoke to each other.When the phone rang again, I heard Joe Orton's voice once more. This time he sounded angry and agitated. Playwright Joe Orton was bludgeoned to death by his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell at the peak of his career on 9th August 1967 aged 34. Council bosses say Government plans to house migrants at former Dambusters RAF base are 'unlawful' and should be quashed

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Was his butchering of Joe Orton a crime of passion or an act of frustrated professional jealousy? We shall never know the answer. Orton, plainly bored by Halliwell's repeated threats of suicide - 'You'll learn then, won't you?' he would say. 'What will you be like without me?' - made no attempt to disguise his open interest in me when I was invited to a meal of fishcakes and baked beans in their claustrophobic and creepy Islington bedsitter. I was less concerned by Joe's overtures than by the fury and resentment in Halliwell's eyes. S Club admit they struggle to speak about late bandmatePaul Cattermole as they embark on reunion tour Kenneth Williams Fantabulosa! (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017 . Retrieved 20 July 2019.

But for all the critical praise heaped upon the new production, I have resisted going to see it. The life and death of Joe Orton, and his startlingly autobiographical plays, are matters I have steadfastly avoided for four decades.

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He would proposition any attractive male who took his fancy, myself included, regardless of their persuasion. Yet, though many disapproved of his excesses, I never met one who did not like him. Life and Work: 'Because We were Queers': 1 OF 2". Joe Orton Online. 28 April 1962 . Retrieved 30 March 2012. Pro-Gaza activist hurls dozens of LIVE MICE painted in Palestinian flag colours into a Birmingham McDonald's leaving customers screaming - 'because the chain supports Israel'

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Putin's palace in the heart of Sussex: How the Russian government has owned palatial 50-room mansion since 1946... but the property has been targeted by locals since invasion of Ukraine A pedestrian concourse in front of the Curve theatre in Leicester has been renamed Orton Square. [51] Halliwell is suspected to have discovered this, and even alluded to it in his suicide note, which said: "If you read his diary, all will be explained."Have YOU fallen prey to this toxic dating trend? Relationship experts lay bare the pitfalls of 'spider-webbing' - as they reveal how you can avoid becoming a victim of these VERY unhappy romances