Our current exhibition ‘Joe Orton in 1964’

When Joe Orton’s play Entertaining Mr Sloane was performed in the West End in 1964, it provoked both virulent criticism and glowing praise – he enjoyed both in equal measure.    The critic W.A. Darlington was particularly disgusted.  ‘Not for a long time have I disliked a play so much …’ he wrote.  ‘I feel as … Continue reading Our current exhibition ‘Joe Orton in 1964’