Joe Orton

Writer

Date of birth : 01/01/1933

Date of death : 08/09/1967

City of birth : Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Joe Orton was a noted British author, screenwriter, and playwright who is best known for the plays 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane' (1964), 'What the Butler Saw' (1969), and 'Loot' (1967). He was murdered by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in their home at 25 Noel Road, Islington, London.