Joe Orton

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dramatist person playwright

Joe Orton was a British playwright known for his darkly comic, subversive plays that satirized social and sexual mores of 1960s England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
biographyAuthor John Lahr NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName John Kingsley Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
collaboratedWith Kenneth Halliwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1967-08-09 ⓘ
familyName Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBiography Prick Up Your Ears NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Harold Pinter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedBy Kenneth Halliwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
middleName Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement absurdist theatre ⓘ
black comedy ⓘ
name Joe Orton NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableEvent imprisonment for defacing library books ⓘ
notableWork Entertaining Mr Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Funeral Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loot NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Erpingham Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Ruffian on the Stair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Up Against It NERFINISHED ⓘ
What the Butler Saw NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor satire of sexual conventions in 1960s England ⓘ
subversive treatment of social mores ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
partner Kenneth Halliwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Entertaining Mr Sloane (stage production) → author → Joe Orton ⓘ
subject surface form: Entertaining Mr Sloane
Entertaining Mr Sloane (stage production) → writer → Joe Orton ⓘ
subject surface form: Entertaining Mr Sloane
Wolvercote Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Joe Orton ⓘ
Prick Up Your Ears (stage role) → portrays → Joe Orton ⓘ
Prick Up Your Ears (stage role) → hasSubject → Joe Orton ⓘ
Prick Up Your Ears → mainSubject → Joe Orton ⓘ
Prick Up Your Ears → about → Joe Orton ⓘ