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This event, chaired by Emma Parker and featuring Orton’s sister, Leonie Orton Barnett, is organised in conjunction with the University of Leicester to mark the 50 th anniversary of the London premiere of Loot. Share. William Orton first worked in the footwear industry but changed his profession to gardener for the city of Leicester, due to his physical weakness (cf. With Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn. It featured a range of talking heads and extracts of Orton’s work- none of which fully conveyed the full flavour his work. LIsten to Joe Orton in 1967 on the BBC here Extract from the BBC Sound Archives where you can hear Joe speaking to Roland Orton about his childhood and early career, his time in prison and his views on Shakespeare. The sister of playwrite Joe Orton says a 1966 statuette awarded to him by the Evening Standard has gone missing. Joe Orton's sister Leonie Orton and Ian McKellen Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry are among those backing a fundraising campaign to erect a statue of playwright Joe Orton in his hometown of Leicester. The Joe Orton Statue Appeal is a Community Interest Company (CIC) founded by Leicester resident Kate Sullivan and chaired by Dr Emma Parker (University of Leicester, home of the Joe Orton archive). But let’s try to approach this latest series with fresh eyes. It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964. Other members include Jon Fraser (FU Media), Tim Hogarth-Jones (The Little Theatre) and Geoff Rowe (Big Difference Company). Introduced and Chaired by Dr Emma Parker. Orton’s Edna Welthorpe letters satirise snobbery and conservatism. Jake Arnott. Visit our project page if you're interested in joining! Talk:Joe Orton. Orton biographies often feature a photo of his younger sister, Leonie Orton Barnett, a pretty young woman frozen forever in shadowy black and white. Writer Joe Orton would have been “thrilled” to see his play Loot — which was censored when it was first staged — finally performed uncut more than 50 years later, his relatives have said. Listen to Joe Orton’s sister, Leonie, reading some of the Edna letters by clicking here. Islington legend Joe Orton had a younger sister, Leonie. As she releases a memoir dealing with their relationship she opens up to Nick Tyrrell It is not a ‘statue’ that people should be in awe of, rather something they want to interact with and associate with.” Leonie Orton by Catherine Ashmore. I AM quickly growing tired of the obligatory Saturday night foreign language dramas on BBC4. Picture: John Robertson Credit: John Robertson "With insanity, as with vomit, it is the passerby who receives the inconvenience." Joe Orton's Diaries: The Most Explicit Depiction of '60s Gay Sex. I couldn't put it down." The Orton Diaries are a requiem for a lost age of furtive encounters. In these edited extracts from her memoir, Leonie Orton, sister of playwright Joe Orton, provides a vivid account of growing up in the Orton household in Leicester and her relationship with Joe. Edited extracts from Leonie Orton’s memoir, I Had It In Me Article by: Themes: 20th-century theatre, Gender and sexuality, Exploring identity. Leonie Orton, sister of controversial playwright Joe Orton, discusses her memoir with Charles Casillo. The playwright’s sister Leonie Orton, who is also the administrator of the Joe Orton Estate, said: ‘I hope that the statue will become a memorable and exciting addition to Leicester’s cultural landscape that raises awareness whilst celebrating his life, work and legacy. The participants explored the boundaries that Joe Orton had to overcome as a working class gay man in order to succeed in the 1960s and used these to create artworks exploring their own boundaries and ways they have overcome these using Joe Orton as inspiration. Tickets £7, contact the Curve Theatre to book. By Graham Kirby. Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. by Aleks Sierz Thursday, 01 October 2009. Dear Diary - The Orton Diaries: Extract from the BBC Four documentary Dear Diary with Richard E Grant, first broadcast in 2010. In his short career, Joe Orton had a sizeable impact on British theatre. The President is Leonie Orton (Joe Orton's sister). His sister Leonie Orton Barnett has described their home as "drab, soulless and monotonous", epitomising the "worst aspects of Leicester's motto Semper Eadem - always the same". Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. John Kingsley Orton was born on 1st January 1933 in Saffron Lane Estate in Leicester as the first child of William and Elsie Orton, two working-class members. They had one son: Dixon Joseph Hunter. Joe Orton's sister Leonie with pictures of the playwright in 1997. In 1965 Joe Orton visited the American Embassy in London to get a visa to attend the Broadway production of his outrageous West End hit 'Entertaining Mr Sloane' and was caught up in a Kafkaesque world of oppression and paranoia. Joe married Dixon "M" Hunter on month day 1954, at age 20 at marriage place, Utah. A … Directed by Stephen Frears. Leonie, now 72, emerges in vivid color in her engrossing memoir, I Had It In Me , telling of her relationship with her famous brother, their family life, and her own remarkable journey of self-discovery. Language; Watch; Edit; Active discussions. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful. 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