Joe Orton
John Kingsley ("Joe") Orton (Leicester, 1. januar 1933–Islington, London, 9. august, 1967.) bio je engleski dramatičar, čiju su opus obilježile zapažene crne komedije kojima je skandalizirana publika 1960-ih. Život i karijeru mu je obilježila homoseksualna veza s glumcem Kennethom Halliwellom koji ga je 1967. ubio u nastupu ljubomore.
Ortonov život je godine 1978. opisao John Lahr u knjizi Prick Up Your Ears na temelju koje je Stephen Frears 1987. režirao igrani film s Garyjem Oldmanom u ulozi Ortona.
- Fred and Madge (napisan 1959, izdana 2001)
- The Visitors (napisana 1961, izdana 2001)
- The Ruffian on the Stair (praizvedba 1964)
- Entertaining Mr Sloane (praizvedba 1964)
- Loot (praizvedba 1965)
- The Erpingham Camp (praizvedba 1966)
- The Good and Faithful Servant (praizvedba 1967)
- Funeral Games (praizvedba 1968)
- What the Butler Saw (praizvedba 1969)
- Up Against It (scenario)
- Head to Toe (izdan 1971)
- Between Us Girls (izdan 2001)
- Lord Cucumber i The Boy Hairdresser (koautor: Kenneth Halliwell) (2001)
- Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
- Bigsby, C. W. E. 1982. Joe Orton. Contemporary Writers ser. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-416-31690-5.
- Burke, Arthur. 2001. Laughter in the Dark - The Plays of Joe Orton. Billericay, Essex: Greenwich Exchange. ISBN 1-871551-56-0.
- Charney, Maurice. 1984. Joe Orton. Grove Press Modern Dramatists ser. NY: Grove P. ISBN 0-394-54241-X.
- Coppa, Francesca, ed. 2002. Joe Orton: A Casebook. Casebooks on Modern Dramatists ser. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-8153-3627-6.
- DiGaetani, John Louis. 2008. Stages of Struggle: Modern Playwrights and Their Psychological Inspirations. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-3157-1.
- Fox, James. 1970. "The Life and Death of Joe Orton." The Sunday Times Magazine issue of 22 November.
- Lahr, John. 1978. Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-6014-5.
- ---, ed. 1986. The Orton Diaries. By Joe Orton. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-306-80733-5.
- ---. 1989. Diary of a Somebody. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-61180-9.
- Orton, Joe. 1976. The Complete Plays. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-34610-2.
- Ruskino, Susan. 1995. Joe Orton. Twayne's English Authors ser. Boston: Twayne. ISBN 0-8057-7034-8.
