{"product_id":"the-orton-diaries-paperback","title":"The Orton Diaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Orton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e happy is surely going against nature.\" When Joe Orton (1933-1967) wrote those words in his diary in May 1967, he was being hailed as the greatest comic playwright since Oscar Wilde for his darkly hilarious \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Mr. Sloane\u003c\/i\u003e and the farce hit \u003ci\u003eLoot\u003c\/i\u003e, and was completing \u003ci\u003eWhat the Butler Saw;\u003c\/i\u003e but less than three months later, his longtime companion, Kenneth Halliwell, smashed in Orton's skull with a hammer before killing himself. \u003ci\u003eThe Orton Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, written during his last eight months, chronicle in a remarkably candid style his outrageously unfettered life: his literary success, capped by an \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard Award\u003c\/i\u003e and overtures from the Beatles; his sexual escapades-at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers; and the breakdown of his sixteen-year \"marriage\" to Halliwell, the relationship that transformed and destroyed him. Edited with a superb introduction by John Lahr, \u003ci\u003eThe Orton Diaries \u003c\/i\u003eis his crowning achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich, and happy is surely going against nature. When Joe Orton (1933-1967) wrote those words in his diary in May 1967, he was being hailed as the greatest comic playwright since Oscar Wilde for his darkly hilarious Entertaining Mr. Sloane and the farce hit Loot, and was completing What the Butler Saw; but less than three months later, his longtime companion, Kenneth Halliwell, smashed Orton's skull in with a hammer before killing himself. The Orton Diaries, written during his last eight months, chronicle in a remarkably candid style his outrageously unfettered life: his literary success, capped by an Evening Standard Award and overtures from the Beatles; his sexual escapades - at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers; and the breakdown of his sixteen-year \"marriage\" to Halliwell, the relationship that transformed and destroyed him. Edited with a superb introduction by John Lahr, The Orton Diaries is his crowning achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plays of \u003cb\u003eJoe Orton\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-1967)--\u003ci\u003eLoot, What the Butler Saw, Entertaining Mr. Sloane\u003c\/i\u003e, and others--rank with Oscar Wilde's as some of the most outrageous and hilarious of our time. He was brutally murdered by his male lover at the peak of his career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditor\u003cb\u003e John Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e was the senior drama critic at the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor twenty years. He was the first critic to win a Tony Award, for coauthoring \u003ci\u003eElaine Stritch at Liberty. \u003c\/i\u003eThe author of eighteen books, ranging from fiction to biography, Lahr is best known for \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Cowardly Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: The Biography of Bert Lahr\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) and \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: The Biography of Joe Orton \u003c\/i\u003e(1978).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47747778478329,"sku":"9780306807336","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q2VFakNCd1FicnlWZnEzUTJiMWVIZz09.webp?v=1775038268","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-orton-diaries-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}