Joe Orton, A Genius Like Us (Part 4 of 8)

"Arena" - A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton. Directed by Pamela Brighton and Nigel Williams.

... Originally broadcast on 9 November 1982, on BBC 2.

... Portrait of playwright Joe Orton, murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell at the peak of his career in 1967.

... Posted the whole documentary, by request. ;-)

... In 8 parts, unfortunately.

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[retrospecta2010]

Great work uploading this - Joe's library books are so funny. Punk years before it happened.

[jamesjeffreypaul]

A very fascinating and in-depth look at a life that is too often sensationalized and trivialized. His death was a great loss to the theater.

[bensimps123]

wonder where those books are now , hope there on display somewhere

[raymondwunna]

Joe Orton was an unusual genius,his death was a great loss of our generation.

[crockyoshighty]

4:38 ending > "like myself." LOL! I absolute love his stoicism whilst recounting this marvilous anecdote. Wonder how one might utilise this in ye ole work place . . . hmm? :o)o:

[PeterBluth]

I love that the librarians thought that Joe's prank was funny. Annoying, but funny. 

[KINGROOSTER45]

they are very funny- love to read them all