Prick up your ears : the biography of Joe Orton
Lahr, John, 1941-2002
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John Lahr reconstructs the life and death of Joe Orton in this acclaimed biography of the playwright. Born to a working class childhood, Orton was a promising writer in the 1960s, but was murdered by his long term lover in their London flat in 1967.
Main title:
Prick up your ears : the biography of Joe Orton / John Lahr.
Author:
Edition:
[New ed.].
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2002.
Collation:
xiii, 302 p., [16] p. of plates : facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Allen Lane, 1978.Filmography: (p. 292).Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780747560142 (pbk)
Local class:
BIO ORTO
Language:
English
BRN:
286584