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Joe Ortons life and legacy celebrated in three East Midlands exhibitions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/joe-ortons-life-and-legacy-celebrated-in-three-east-midlands-exhibitions
A renowned University of Leicester expert on playwright Joe Orton is involved in three public exhibitions about his life and work.
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Looting the Archives: Joe Orton
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/05/13/looting-the-archives-joe-orton/
A blog post by Dr Samantha Mitschke about the scrapbook of press reviews kept by Joe Orton about his play 'Loot'.
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Joe Orton: 50 Years On
https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton
The Joe Orton: 50 Years On project sought to commemorate three of Joe Orton's plays (Loot, Entertaining Mr Sloane and What the Butler Saw) on the 50th anniversary of their premieres. Find out more about the project.
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Exploring Disabled Joy: Attenborough Arts Centre presents Traces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/attenborough-arts-traces
Read more about Attenborough Arts' latest exhibition, Traces
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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.
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D Graham J Shipley
https://le.ac.uk/people/d-graham-j-shipley
The academic profile of Professor D Graham J Shipley, Professor of Ancient History at University of Leicester
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Alec Baldwin learned from Joe Orton for awardwinning performance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-playwright-joe-orton-lives-on-in-hollywood
The influence of Joe Orton can be seen in an Emmy-winning performance, according to a recent interview by an academic expert of the Leicester playwright.
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Joe Carr: Music and education on the East Coast
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/joe-carr
Museum Studies graduate Joe Carr talks about his life and career after graduating from Leicester in 2002.
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Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton
To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of Arts on an Arts Council-funded project inspired by prank letters of complaint that Orton penned using the pseudonym Mrs Edna Welthorpe.