Joe Orton Laid Bare. Joe Orton. Copyright: IWC Media
Joe Orton Laid Bare

Joe Orton Laid Bare

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2017
  • 1 episode

A film that explores the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him. Also features Leonie Orton, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Codron, Christopher Hampton and Patricia Routledge

See also

BBC Radio 3
 Radio

The Erpingham Camp

Farce by Joe Orton loosely adapting the ancient Roman play The Bacchae by Euripides.

BBC Radio 3
 Radio

The Ruffian On The Stair

Working class comic play by Joe Orton about a couple whose lives are disrupted by a young visitor.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC
 Radio

The Ruffian On The Stair

Joe Orton's first radio play, starring Kenneth Cranham.

Loot. Image shows from L to R: Dennis (Hywel Bennett), Harold (Roy Holder)
 Film

Loot

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's film adaptation of Joe Orton's celebrated play, Loot.

Entertaining Mr Sloane. Image shows from L to R: Ed (Alan Webb), Mr Sloane (Peter McEnery)
 Film

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Dark comedy about a stranger entering the lives of a middle-aged brother and sister, while trying to disguise the truth about his past.

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