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  Joe Orton 1933 - 1967   
Playwright
Outrageous and unconventional, Joe Orton's plays include Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, and What the Butler Saw. He was murdered in 1967 by his homosexual lover, who then committed suicide.

 


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