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Born as John Kingsley Orton on Jan. 1st, 1933 in Leicester, England at Causeway Lane Maternity Hospital to William Arthur Orton and Elsie Mary Orton -
Orton's younger brother Douglas Orton was born -
Younger sister Marilyn Orton was born -
Youngest sister Leonie Orton was born -
Orton attends Clark's College in Leicester and takes a secretarial course from 1945 to 1947 after failing the Eleven-Plus exam -
Orton started to gain an interest in theater and joined clubs and groups like the Leicester Dramatic Society -
Orton applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He had gotten in with a scholarship. -
At RADA, Orton met Halliwell who he became close with and helped him evolve his writing. -
Orton and Halliwell move in together and build a close bond. They begin to date.
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Orton and Halliwell graduate from RADA -
Orton beings to write novels and manuscripts with Halliwell helping him and as his collaborator. -
Elizabeth II becomes queen after King George VI -
Rationing of food officially ended after WWII
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John and Kenneth would go to libraries and steal the books. They would then alter the book jackets.
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Orton writes "The Boy Hairdresser." BBC had bought it from Orton. It was rewritten and re-named "The Ruffian on the Stair", for television and was broadcasted.
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Orton and Halliwell get caught for stealing and altering book covers. They go to jail for 6 months. -
John F. Kennedy, president of the USA was shot -
Loot was another big thing Oroton wrote that was performed. It was built on black comedy and farce and a parody pf detective fiction. The play was shown multiple times and some failed and some succeeded.
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Homosexuality was partially not a crime -
Orton was a big fan of the Beatles and during their peak. He had written them a screenplay for a film. It was considered but was rejected. -
Joe Orton was murdered at 34 by his lover, Halliwell. Halliwell bludgeoned him with a hammer and then killed himself. He did in Islington, London, United Kingdom
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Orton also won the Obie Award for Best Foreign Play for his play "What the Butler Saw." -
Orton won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival for this play: Entertaining Mr. Sloane. This was an award for Off-Broadway productions. -
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https://www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/joe-orton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Orton#
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1967/04/joe-ortons-script-for-the-beatles-third-film-is-rejected/