“All classes are criminal today. We live in an age of equality.” –Funeral Games, Joe Orton On August 9th, 1967, one of my favorite playwrights, the (in)famous Joe Orton was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell. If you haven’t read any of Orton’s deliciously macabre oeuvre, especially his riveting diaries, I recommend Stephen Frears’ excellent…
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