JOE ORTON lived in Islington with his lover Ken Halliwell and wrote some of the finest plays of the 1960’s; LOOT, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, ENTERTAINING MR SLOAN. On August 9th 1967 Ken beat Joe’s head to pulp with as hammer, then ended his own life by swallowing 22 nembutals
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Wonderful story 🙂
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Yes, it is. I think Joe deserves his on story on the stage!
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