Shepherd, Simon, 1989. Because We're Queers: The Life and Crimes of Joe Orton and Kenneth Haliwell, London: Gay Men's Press: 1989: ISBN 978-0-85449-090-5 I later learned from the police that Halliwell had returned from seeing Dr Douglas Ismay, who at once recognised the gravity of his disturbed mental condition. Colsell, Ilsa (2013). Malicious Damage: the Defaced Library Books of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton. London, England: Donlon Books. ISBN 978-0957609501. Was it my fault?: Theatre critic and friend Michael Thornton had spoken with Orton and Halliwell hours before the tragic events took place

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Yes,' he persisted, 'but it's not very nice to Kenneth, is it? Why doesn't she want him there? Doesn't she like him?' Orton was born in Leicester in 1933 and murdered by his artist lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in 1967, at the age of 34. The memorial to the radical playwright — the first statue in Britain to commemorate an openly gay working-class man — was due to be erected in his home town, appropriately enough in Orton Square, a pedestrian concourse by the city’s Curve theatre. a b c Lennon, Troy (7 August 2017). "UK playwright Joe Orton was on the cusp of fame when he was bludgeoned to death by his jealous lover Kenneth Halliwell". Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 June 2018. At age 23 he found his father dead with his head in a gas oven, but he stepped over the body, put the kettle on, made a cup of tea, and had a shave before he reported the death. After graduating, both Orton and Halliwell went into regional repertory work: Orton spent four months in Ipswich as an assistant stage manager; Halliwell in Llandudno, Wales. Both returned to London and began to write together. They collaborated on a number of unpublished novels (often imitating Ronald Firbank) with no success at gaining publication. The rejection of their great hope, The Last Days of Sodom, in 1957 led them to solo works. [9] Orton wrote his last novel, The Vision of Gombold Proval (posthumously published as Head to Toe), in 1959. He later drew on these manuscripts for ideas; many show glimpses of his stage-play style. Find sources: "Joe Orton"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)In 1951, he and Joe Orton met at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where both proved to be indifferent students. They became struggling actors in provincial repertory, Halliwell in Llandudno, Orton as a humble assistant stage manager in Ipswich. Royals DO carry cash (but not enough!) Queen Camilla asks market vendors if she can settle up later after running out of shillings in Nairobi

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Shepard, Simon (1989). Because We're Queers: The Life and Crimes of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton. London, England: Gay Men's Press. p.88. ISBN 0-85449-090-6. Kim Kardashian the bikini babe showcases her slimmed down figure as she lounges around luxury Palm Springs compound on family holiday with her sisters

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