Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane reviewed – archive, 1964 | Joe Orton
<strong>7 May 1964</strong>: Orton’s first play is a ‘milk-curdling essay in lower-middle-class nihilism’
Source: theguardian.com
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<strong>7 May 1964</strong>: Orton’s first play is a ‘milk-curdling essay in lower-middle-class nihilism’
For the first time, the veteran director shares his personal journals from 1963. In part two, tempers flare during the earliest episodes into production – and JFK is assassinated.
With his partner Dave Martin he was one of Doctor Who’s most prolific writers, and he had great success with his work for Aardman films