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- Title
Joe Orton's Sexual Revolution.
- Authors
Gener, Randy
- Abstract
An essay is presented that focuses on Joe Orton, a gay British playwright. His comedies poked fun at sexual prudery, moralistic attitudes, and bourgeois conventions, although they did not portray homosexual love. He is said to have been sexually promiscuous, although he had a long-term partner, Kenneth Halliwell, with whom he worked and collaborated with on several novels. The couple is said to have been influenced by writer and humorist Ronald Firbank. Orton was murdered in his bed by Halliwell in a murder-suicide. Right before his death, the 1967 Reform Bill, which decriminalized sodomy and other male homosexual acts, went into effect. His three major plays were "Entertaining Mr. Sloane," "Loot," and "What the Butler Saw." The book "Joe Orton: A Casebook," by Francesca Coppa, is mentioned.
- Subjects
ORTON, Joe; GAY male dramatists; ENGLISH dramatists; HUMAN sexuality in the theater; ENTERTAINING Mr. Sloane (Theatrical production); LOOT (Theatrical production); WHAT the Butler Saw (Play : Orton); HALLIWELL, Kenneth; FIRBANK, Ronald, 1886-1926; HOMOSEXUALITY; LAW; JOE Orton: A Casebook (Book); COPPA, Francesca; HISTORY of homosexuality
- Publication
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 3, p10
- ISSN
1532-1118
- Publication type
Essay