Tag Archives: Joe Orton

Robert Tanitch reviews Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus at Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London

Alan Bennett’s comedy, which premiered in 1973 with Alec Guinness in the lead role, is described as “a filthy farce for a less enlightened age” and it is quite unlike anything else he has written. The ...

andrew 1414 views 0 likes Dec 16, 2021

Does Joe Orton’s Loot still shock 50 years on?

Robert Tanitch reviews Loot at Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 50 years ago on 9 August 1967, Joe Orton was murdered by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, in their Islington home. He was only 34. Or ...

Mark 2639 views 0 likes Aug 24, 2017