Joe Orton
1933
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1967
genre: black comedy
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
occupation: playwright, screenwriter, writer, stage actor, novelist
John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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