Joe Orton
Joe Orton
John Kingsley "Joe" Ortonwas an English playwright and author. His public career was short but prolific, lasting from 1964 until his death three years later. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque is sometimes used to refer to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth1 January 1933
home waiting way
On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad nauseam.
luxury
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breast-feeding, circumcision. I had to make my own way.
madness inconvenience passerby
With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.
work reading police
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.
sarcastic legs coffins
You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.
envy body fifteen
I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.
running mistake integrity
FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.
gentleman blonde
God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes
dad children conception
It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.
children luxury atheism
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.
civilization facts theory
Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.
oscars welfare wilde
The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.
squirrels red policemen
Policemen, like red squirrels, must be protected.
humble meek
The humble and meek are thirsting for lood