LIsten
to Joe Orton on BBC4 here
Visit BBC4's Sound Archives and hear Joe speaking to Roland
Orton about his childhood and early career, his time in
prison and his views on Shakespeare. There are also further
links to BBC Leicester's interviews with Joe's sisters
and a Q&A with Michael Billington, discussing the
similarities between Orton and Pinter.
Kenneth Williams and Joe Orton
View short documentary here
Fascinating insight into the friendship between Kenneth
Williams and Joe, including previously unseen photographs
and extracts of Joe's appearance on the Eamonn Andrews
Show in April 1967.
A
Genius like Us
View extract from the Arena documentary here
Wonderful extract from a 1982 BBC Arena documentary about
Joe, shown in September 2007 as part of BBC 4's Hidden
Lives season. Features a section about the defaced Islington library
books.
Visit the Entertaining Mr Sloane website here
Website for the 2009 London production of Entertaining Mr Sloane starring Imelda Staunton and Mathew Horne. See the Gallery section for rehearsal photographs.
Listen to the theme to Entertaining Mr Sloane
here
The theme song to the 1969 film of Entertaining Mr Sloane
starring Beryl Reid and Harrry Andrews, written and performed
by Georgie Fame.
Read about the 1984-5 production of Loot, starring Leonard
Rossiter as Inspector Truscott here
Comprehensive site dedicated to the late Leonard
Rossiter, including this wonderful descripton of his last
performances in Loot, reviews of the performance and interviews
with cast and director.
Read
extracts from an interview with Joe by Barry Hanson, featured
in the programme notes of Peter Gill's Royal Court production
of The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian on the Stair (Crimes
of Passion) June 1967 here
From the programme notes of Peter Gill's Royal Court production of The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian on the Stair (Crimes of Passion) June 1967. More
extracts from the programme notes on Joe's Plays here
Watch short clips of the 1968 TV version of Entertaining Mr Sloane via the BFI's Screenonline service: Joe Orton's play was produced for television by Associated Rediffusion and transmitted on 15 July, 1968.
Sheila Hancock played Kath, Edward Woodward played Ed, and Clive Francis played Sloane. Kemp was played by Arthur Lovegrove.
View the clips here
NB: Screenonline video and audio content is only available through registered UK schools, colleges, universities and libraries and is not available on home PC's. If your college or library is not registered they can arrange this easily via the webpage here
The Vision of Joe Orton - Read about Joe's Beatles script 'Up Against It'
on Hey Dullblog, a comprehensive Beatles Blog site here
'Remembering
Joe Orton'
Read article by Charles Marowitz here
Writer, director and playwright Charles Marowitz
describes his experiences working with Joe on the first
London production of Loot in 1966.
'Off You
Go Then'
See the film here
A DVD project about Joe Orton made by young people from the Saffron Lane Estate in Leicester, together with Soft Touch Arts. Read more about the project here
The
Disappearing Gentlemens' Lavatories of Old London
View here
Actor Dudley Sutton dedicates this hymn to the vanishing
world of Gents' Lavatories to Joe. Dudley Sutton played
Sloane in the 1964 production of Entertaining Mr Sloane.
THE LOOK - Adventures in Rock and Pop Fashion Blog: Prick up Your Ears
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THE LOOK’s blog: all about the combustion which occurs when great music meets fantastic fashion, design and style. Here THE LOOK investigates Prick Up Your Ears, a 1978 Orton-inspired design from Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.