More About Joe Orton
Find out more about Joe Orton, his work and influence:
Books
Christopher Bigsby, Joe Orton (Routledge, 1982).
Maurice Charney, Joe Orton (Macmillan, 1984).
Ilsa Colsell, Malicious Damage: The Defaced Library Books of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton (Donlon Books, 2013).
Francesca Coppa ed., Joe Orton: A Casebook (Routledge, 2002).
John Lahr, Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton (Methuen, 1978).
John Lahr ed., The Orton Diaries (Methuen, 1986).
John Lahr ed., Joe Orton: The Complete Plays (Methuen, 1976).
Leonie Orton, I Had It In Me: A Memoir (Quirky Press, 2016).
Susan Rusinko, Joe Orton (Twayne, 1995).
Simon Shepherd, Because We’re Queers: The Life and Crimes of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton (Gay Men’s Press, 1989).
Ben Thompson ed., Ban This Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive (Faber, 2001)
More Prank Letters
Robin Cooper, The Timewaster Letters (Michael O’Mara, 2005).
William Donaldson, The Henry Root Letters (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980).
Ted L. Nancy, Letters from a Nut, Introduced by Jerry Seinfeld (Avon, 1997).
Online
To find out more about Joe Orton: www.joeorton.org
To find out about the Joe Orton Collection, University of Leicester click here
To find out more about the redesigned book covers click here
Interviews
Watch interviews with actors, directors and writers who worked with or are inspired by Orton:
Actor Alec Baldwin
Actor Kenneth Cranham
Director Nick Bagnall
Writer Jake Arnott
Actor Dudley Sutton
Director Braham Murray
Actor Michael Elwyn
Actor Frances Barber
Actor & Comedian Graham Fellows