Orton Diaries | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Please note that books with a 10-20 working days delivery time may not arrive before Christmas.
Please note that books with a 10-20 working days delivery time may not arrive before Christmas.
A01=Joe Orton
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Joe Orton
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGLA
Category=BJ
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Pre-order
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch
13%
off
9780413777249.jpg

Orton Diaries

★★★★★
★★★★★

English

By (author): Joe Orton

From December 1966 until his murder in August 1967, Joe Orton kept a series of diaries, which are one of the most candid and unfettered accounts of that remarkable era. The diaries chronicle frankly and hilariously the literary successes (capped with an Evening Standard Award and overtures from the Beatles), the rejection of all conventions, and the astonishing sexual adventures (at his mother's funeral...with a dwarf in Brighton...) of a true literary iconoclast who believed there was no sense in being a rebel without applause. See more
€22.61
€25.99
Save 13%
A01=Joe OrtonAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Joe Ortonautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=BGLACategory=BJCOP=United KingdomDelivery_Pre-orderLanguage_EnglishPA=Temporarily unavailablePrice_€20 to €50PS=Activesoftlaunch

Will deliver when available.

Product Details
  • Publication Date: 27 Jun 2013
  • Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780413777249

About Joe Orton

Joe Orton was born on a housing estate in Leicester in 1933. He joined RADA in 1951 where he met his mentor and lover Kenneth Halliwell. Living on the dole (and briefly in prison for defacing library books) the two collaborated on novels though Orton's solo writing brought him more fame. During his short life he rose to fame as one of England's most provocative young dramatists and epitomised London in the swinging 1960s. His openly gay lifestyle has turned him into an iconic figure. He was murdered by Halliwell in 1967.John Lahr is the author of the biography of Joe Orton Prick Up Your Ears. He also wrote the biography of his father the comedian Bert Lahr Notes on a Cowardly Lion as well as the critical study Coward the Playwright. His novels are The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot. He has published three collections of essays Acting Out in America Astonish Me and Automatic Vaudeville of which the London Review of Books said he was 'the Leavis of the performing arts'.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept