BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bigsby, C. W. E. “Selected Bibliography.” In Joe Orton, pp. 78-9. London, England: Methuen, 1982.

Selected list of primary and secondary works.

BIOGRAPHIES

Charney, Maurice. Joe Orton. New York: Grove Press, 1984, 145 p.

Bio-critical study of Orton which emphasizes the subtexts of Orton's dialogue.

Lahr, John. Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton. New York: Knopf, 1978, 302 p.

Biography of Joe Orton.

Sheperd, Simon. Because We're Queers: The Life and Crimes of Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton. London, England: GMP, 1989, 173 p.

Joint biography of Orton and his companion and murderer.

CRITICISM

Feingold, Michael. “Foreign Entanglements.” Village Voice 41, no. 10 (5 March 1996): 69.

Joint review of Entertaining Mr. Sloane and Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country, critic calls Orton's play “happy” despite its “wholly improper” characters.

Kaufman, David, and John Lahr. “Love and Death.” Horizon 30, no. 4 (May 1987): 38-40.

Interview with Lahr in which he discusses finding hidden facts in Orton's diaries and attempting to uncover the mystery of Orton's murder.

Medhurst, Andy. “Licensed to Cheek.” Sight and Sound, no. 7 (October 1997): 32-5.

A discussion of so-called Queer Wit, an archetype invented by Oscar Wilde and practiced by Orton, other playwrights, and several Hollywood actors.

Nakayama, Randall S. “Domesticating Mr. Orton.” Theatre Journal 45, no. 2 (May 1993): 185-95.

Discussion of the ways in which the persona presented in John Lahr's Prick Up Your Ears differs from the image Orton creates for himself in his diaries.

Salwak, Dale. Interviews with Britain's Angry Young Men. San Bernardino, Calif.: Borgo Press, 1984, 96 p.

Interviews with some of Orton's literary contemporaries, such as Kingsley Amis, John Wain, and Colin Wilson.

Stone, Laurie. “Half-Cocked.” Village Voice 34, no. 12 (21 March 1989): 98-100.

Rather unfavorable review of a production of What the Butler Saw.

Additional coverage of Orton's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: British Writers Supplement, Vol. 5; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1960 to Present; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 85-88; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 35, 66; Contemporary British Dramatists; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 4, 13, 43; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 13; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists; Drama Criticism, Vol. 3; Drama for Students, Vols. 3, 6; Gay & Lesbian Literature, Ed. 1; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Twayne's English Authors; and World Literature and Its Times, Ed. 4.