Kenneth Williams and Joe Orton
May 31st, 2010 |
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Fascinating documentary excerpt which examines both the professional and personal relationship between Kenneth and the playwright Joe Orton, and looks at Kenneth’s sexuality. It contains very rare interview footage of Orton himself.
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May 31st, 2010 at 12:11
@margotdarby I’ll never forget the big laugh that went around the cinema when Joan Sanderson appeared offering to read the shorthand.
May 31st, 2010 at 13:05
when did the format change on you tube ?
May 31st, 2010 at 13:36
when did the format change on you tube ?
May 31st, 2010 at 14:08
halliwell or williams. It’s so confusing
May 31st, 2010 at 14:58
Reading Kenny’s diaries at the moment. Got to 1968. They are fascinating, sad and hilarious. He mentions Joe a lot, of course.
May 31st, 2010 at 15:50
Mistakes happen.
May 31st, 2010 at 16:44
sorry peterbluth, i commented before i heard, what you wrote was a quote
May 31st, 2010 at 17:19
No, I’m not. No disrespect taken, I’m mistaken for it a lot. I was quoting Kenneth, I thought it was rather humorous.
May 31st, 2010 at 17:21
@cindylauryn bollocks, no one is ahead of their times, nothing is way ahead of it’s time, when you come around, or are invented, that’s your time
May 31st, 2010 at 17:37
@soxer123 i think Joe had a ball period
May 31st, 2010 at 18:16
@PeterBluth are you gay?? not being disrespectful, just asking
May 31st, 2010 at 18:24
Where are these orgies? Why haven’t we been invited? I love Kenneth Williams.
May 31st, 2010 at 18:47
I think Joe and Kenneth Williams would have had an absolute ball if they had only been born 20 years later (mind you Joe did have a lot of fun).
May 31st, 2010 at 19:13
Orton was really a man ahead of his times
May 31st, 2010 at 19:32
Thanks for this brilliant clip.
May 31st, 2010 at 19:58
I was often in Tangier when kenneth was there and once when Joe Orton and friend was there .We visited kenneth a couple of times in London when he lived in kings cross .I know quite a few of the people on the photos especially the moroccan boys .great times at the Windmill bar .George hardtys atlas beach . sid and Dennis El piano bar ,bryans bar, Erics hamburger stall with all those lovely boys serving in T shirts and american sailors hats. Those were the days of Tangier .now I dont know?
May 31st, 2010 at 20:27
amazing. thank you so much for this bit of history.
May 31st, 2010 at 20:35
That was absolutely facinateing, i’m reading Kenneth’s biography at the moment, late i know, but what a genius he really was.
May 31st, 2010 at 21:24
thank you so much to pot this video. I tried to catch one i vain since a long time.
May 31st, 2010 at 21:58
I love Orton’s writing. ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane’ is my favourite play, but ‘Loot’ is fantastic too. The plays are very readable. Also, John Lahr’s biography is well worth reading. Thanks for posting this.
May 31st, 2010 at 22:30
Thank you so much for uploading this!
May 31st, 2010 at 23:15
This is what I love about YouTube…these amazing gems that you cannot find anywhere and on-tap…long may this website continue. Thankyou.
May 31st, 2010 at 23:59
what an eye-opener: excellent.
June 1st, 2010 at 00:58
Indeed he did & he also had elocution lessons in Leicester before he went to RADA to try & lose his local accent . Suppose what I really meant is that his voice somehow didnt match his face if you get my meaning ! It almost makes me feel that he was putting the ” posh ” accent on a bit to make others think he was well bred but we’ll never know if that’s the case or not , it’s just my opinion in any case , you may disagree !
June 1st, 2010 at 01:56
He was at RADA in the 1950s, so he would have had to learn to be well spoken in order to get on.
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