Additional resources for studying Joe Orton and Edna Welthorpe
Discover more about playwright Joe Orton, his work, and interviews with actors, directors and writers who are inspired by him.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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