Joe Orton - Joe Orton Joe Orton (January 1, 1933 - August 9, 1967) was a satirical modern playwright. In a short but brilliant career from 1964 until his death he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. Ortonesque became a recognized term for "macabre outrageousness". Born John Kingsley Orton in Leicester to a poor working class family. He grew up on a council estate with a brother and two sisters. He was poorly educated at a unsuitable private school, Clark's College from 1945 to 1947 before starting menial work as a clerk. He became interested in performing and joined a number of different dramatic socities, he also worked to improve his appearance and physique. He lost his job and still 'stage-struck' applied for a scholarship.
Kenneth Williams - (Julian played by Hugh Paddick); notable for their arch double entendres and use of the fairground slang language Polari (not just gay). He was a regular for many years on the BBC radio panel game, Just a Minute. He expanded then into television and British films, most notably the Carry On... series. Particularly in the theatre he was famous for breaking out of character and talking to the audience. Although he publicly professed to follow a celibate lifestyle, Williams moved in homosexual circles. His friend Joe Orton wrote Loot for him in 1966, playing Inspector Truscott (!). Following his death, the publication of his secret diaries caused some controversy. Filmography incomplete Carry On Sergeant (1958), Carry On Nurse (1958), Carry On Teacher (1959), Carry On Constable (1960), Carry On Regardless (1961),.
January 1 - Bleen is no longer Blue and is now Green. 2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender. 2003 - Luís Inácio Lula da Silva becomes president of Brazil Births 1431 - Pope Alexander VI († 1503) 1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, statesman († 1492) 1484 - Huldreich Zwingli, protestant leader († 1531) 1516 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, former Queen of Sweden 1618 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, painter († 1682) 1735 - Paul Revere, silversmith, United States patriot († 1818) 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1801) 1752 - Betsy Ross, seamstress († 1836) 1839 - Ouida, writer († 1908) 1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames, († 1911), former mayor of Minneapolis 1849 - Sir Edmund Barton, († 1920), former premier minister of Australia 1857.
Gary Oldman - Pilate Quest for Camelot (voice) .... Baron Ruber Lost in Space .... Base Physician Zachary Smith, MD Air Force One .... Ivan Korshunov The Fifth Element .... Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg Basquiat .... Albert Milo The Scarlet Letter .... Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale Murder in the First .... Milton Glenn Immortal Beloved .... Ludwig van Beethoven Léon .... Agent Norman Stansfield Romeo Is Bleeding .... Jack Grimaldi True Romance .... Drexl Spivey Bram Stoker's Dracula .... Dracula JFK .... Lee Harvey Oswald Henry & June .... Pop State of Grace .... Jackie Flannery Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead .... Rosencrantz Chattahoochee .... Emmett Foley We Think the World of You .... Johnny Criminal Law .... Ben Chase Track 29 .... Martin Prick Up Your Ears .... Joe Orton Sid and Nancy .... Sid.
Golders Green Crematorium - are: Marc Bolan T. S. Eliot Anna Freud Sigmund Freud Keith Moon Ivor Novello Joe Orton Anna Pavlova Peter Sellers Bram Stoker H. G. Wells Among those cremated here, but whose ashes are elsewhere, are: Alice Liddell (see Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Vivien Leigh See also: List of other famous cemeteries.
Farce - re-emerged and started to threaten the main character's security or peace and quiet, at least seemingly. The subject-matters chosen by the various writers of farce reflect the social mores of the time: In the late 19th century, it can be a woman lying about her real age, or a man having an illegitimate child. In the course of the 20th century, it is mainly infidelity, with the protagonist trying to prevent their extra-marital affair from becoming publicly known. As far as ridiculous, far-fetched situations and quick and witty repartee are concerned, there are parallels between farces on the one hand and TV sitcoms (such as John Cleese's Fawlty Towers) and, in film, screwball comedies on the other. See also bedroom farce. Representative examples: A chronology Great Britain Arthur Wing Pinero: The.
1967 - York City to Chicago, Illinois (the train was inaugurated on June 15, 1902). December 4, 1850 hours - A volcano erupts on Deception Island in Antarctica. December 4 - Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta (235 of the 300-strong Viet Cong battalion were killed). December 9 - Nicolae Ceaucescu becomes the Chairman of the Romanian State Council - that is, de-facto dictator of Romania. December 15 - Silver Bridge over Ohio River in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapses - 46 dead. It has been linked to the so-called Mothman mystery. December 17 - Harold Holt, Australian prime minister, disappears when swimming at a beach 60 km from Melbourne. December 19 - Professor John Archibald Wheeler uses the term Black Hole for the.
British playwrights since 1950 - Jeffreys Ann Jellicoe Terry Johnson K Sarah Kane Barrie Keefe Tom Kempinski Hanif Kureishi L Bryony Lavery Mike Leigh Stephen Lowe Doug Lucie Claire Luckham M Sharman Macdonald John McGrath Tom McGrath Patrick Marber Tony Marchant Frank Marcus Mustapha Matura David Mercer Anthony Minghella John Mortimer N Bill Naughton Peter Nichols William Nicholson O Joe Orton John Osborne P Louise Page Michael Pertwee Caryl Phillips Winsome Pinnock Harold Pinter Stephen Poliakoff Dennis Potter David Pownall J.B. Priestley Q R Terence Rattigan Willy Russell S James Saunders Anthony Shaffer Peter Shaffer Tom Stoppard David Storey T C.P. Taylor Peter Terson Ben Travers U Peter Ustinov V W Michael Wall Timberlake Wertenbaker Arnold Wesker Peter Whelan Hugh Whitemore Nigel Williams Snoo Wilson X Y Z See also Lists of authors List of dramatists.
What the butler saw - Years of the Servant Problem is a 1962 book by E. S. Turner. What the Butler Saw is the title of an episode of the television comic drama The Avengers. The episode premiered February 25, 1966 in the UK and July 28, 1966 in the United States. US Premiere (New York, Season 1): 28 July 1966. What the Butler Saw is the title of a 1969 play by Joe Orton which the Sunday Telegraph called "a comedy classic of English Literature." What the Butler Saw is the title of a 1980 recording by the musical group Squeeze. What the Butler Saw: A 3-D Saucy Bedroom Romp is the title of a 1995 book by Amy Carroll. What the Butler Saw: Selected Writings is the title of a book of writings by.
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) - Ewell (USA) Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) 1952 Lindy Remigino (USA) Herb McKenley (JAM) Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (GBR) 1956 Bobby Joe Morrow (USA) Thane Baker (USA) Hector Hogan (AUS) 1960 Armin Hary (GER) Davide Sime (USA) Peter Radford (GBR) 1964 Bob Hayes (USA) Enrique Figuerola (CUB) Harry Jerome (CAN) 1968 Jim Hines (USA) Lennox Miller (JAM) Charles Greene (USA) 1972 Valeri Borzov (URS) Robert Taylor (USA) Lennox Miller (JAM) 1976 Hasely Crawford (TRI) Don Quarrie (JAM) Valeri Borzov (URS) 1980 Allan Wells (GBR) Silvio Leonard (CUB) Petar Petrov (BUL) 1984 Carl Lewis (USA) Sam Graddy (USA) Ben Johnson (CAN) 1988 Carl Lewis (USA) Linford Christie (GBR) Calvin Smith (USA) 1992 Linford Christie (GBR) Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Dennis Mitchell (USA) 1996 Donovan Bailey (CAN) Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Ato Boldon (TRI) 2000 Maurice Greene (USA).
Midnite Vultures - - Violin Brian Gardner - Mastering Bernie Grundman - Mastering Greg Leisz - Pedal Steel Jay Dee Maness - Pedal Steel Johnny Marr - Guitar (Electric) Michael Patterson - Mixing Herb Peterson - Banjo Fernando Pullum - Horn David Ralicke - Trombone Joe Turano - Horn, Vocals (bckgr) Arnold McCuller - Vocals (bckgr) Smokey Hormel - Guitar Joey Waronker - Percussion, Drums Beth Orton - Vocals (bckgr) Chris Bellman - Mastering The Dust Brothers - Scratching, Programming, Producer, Engineer Robert Carranza - String Engineer Steve Baxter - Horn, Vocals (bckgr) Justin Meldal-Johnsen - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping, Shaker, Upright Bass Steve Mixdorf - Second Engineer Valerie Pinkston - Vocals (bckgr) Roger Manning - Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus, Clavinet, Percus, Shaker, Vocoder Mickey Petralia -.
Leicester - — (1) Leicester and Rutland shall cease to form part of Leicestershire (2) A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of Leicester, and shall be named the county of Leicester. Further, a County Council for Leicester was not created, and the functions that it would have excercises have been transferred to the City Council. Thus Leicester City Council is a unitary authority, with responsibility for everything, including libraries and education. Leicester is divided into three Parliamentary constituencies, Leicester East, Leicester West, and Leicester South, which are represented by Keith Vaz, Patricia Hewitt and Jim Marshall respectively - all members of the Labour Party. After a long period of Labour administration (since 1979), the city council is now (since May 2003) being run by a Liberal Democrat/Conservative coalition. Sport in.
List of dramatists - Klaus Mann Andreas Marber Pierre de Marivaux Christopher Marlowe Christian Martin William Somerset Maugham Marius von Mayenburg Terrence McNally Menander Thomas Middleton Arthur Miller Felix Mitterer Molière Jose Zorrilla y Moral John Mortimer Karl O. Mühl Elfriede Müller Harald Müller Heiner Müller Kaj Munk Robert Musil N Eugene O'Neill Johann Nestroy Marsha Norman ('Night, Mother) O Gerlinde Obermeier Clifford Odets Joe Orton John Osborne Albert Ostermaier P Angelo Parra Helmut Peschina Carlo Pietzner Arthur Wing Pinero Winsome Pinnock Harold Pinter Luigi Pirandello Plautus Ulrich Plenzdorf Klaus Pohl Alf Poss Peter Preses Q (none listed) R Jean Racine Ferdinand Raimund Lutz Rathenow Terence Rattigan Paul Rebhun Gerlind Reinshagen Erich M. Remarque Erwin Riess Rainer Maria Rilke Moritz Rinke Michaela Ronzoni Friederike Roth Eugen Ruge Willy Russell (Educating Rita) S Hans Sachs Nelly.
List of folk musicians - (1931-2002) Fairport Convention David Gray Clive Gregson Roy Harper Boo Hewerdine The Incredible String Band John Martyn, (born 1948) Kirsty MacColl, (1959-2000) Jack Orion Beth Orton Jock Purdon, (1925-1998) Joe le Taxi John Renbourn Kate Rusby Steeleye Span June Tabor Richard Thompson, (born 1949) Norma Waterson United States Appalachian Guy Carawan Kossoy Sisters Sam Rizzetta Lee Hammond Dock Boggs Bascom Lamar Lunsford Sara Carter, (1898-1979) Wilma Lee Stoney Cooper Cajun (zydeco) Amedee Ardoin Boozoo Chavis Keith Frank John Delafose Beau Jocque Rosie Ledet Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Creole Zydeco Farmers Zydeco Force Chris Ardoin Clifton Chenier Rockin' Sidney Terrance Simien Buckwheat Zydeco, (born 1947) Rockin' Dopsie Beausoleil Zydeco T Mainstream The Almanac Singers Joan Baez, (born 1941) The Beau Brummels Theodore Bikel, (born 1924) Dock Boggs Tim Buckley Buffalo.
List of diarists - experienced as a result of the kidnapping of her child Katherine Mansfield Michinaga Anais Nin, lover of Henry Miller, pornographer and poet Joe Orton, playwright Samuel Pepys, wrote in shorthand, not understood for many years Sylvia Plath Henry Rollins of Black Flag May Sarton Siegfried Sassoon Hester Thrale 1740-1821 Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva Kenneth Williams Virginia Woolf Dorothy Wordsworth Philip Henslowe Roger Morrice Fake diaries Hitler Diaries Links Diary.
List of murdered people - Lindbergh III, (1932), son of aviator Charles Lindbergh King Lulach of Scotland, (1058) Leslie Mahaffy, (1991), murdered by Paul Bernardo King Malcolm I of Scotland, (954) Maximus of Smyrna, (370), neoplatonist philosopher Sal Mineo, (1976), actor Monaldesco, (1656), servant of Queen Christina of Sweden Joe Orton, (1967), dramatist Felix Pappalardi, (1983), musician Pier Paolo Pasolini, (1975), Italian poet and film director Joachim Peiper, (1976), German SS commander Selena Quintanilla Perez, (1995), Tejano singer Laci Peterson, (2002) - Pregnant California woman Pythagoras, (496 BC), mathematician JonBenet Ramsey, (1996), young beauty queen and young victim of crime King Richard II of England, (1399) Richard, Duke of York one of the Princes in the Tower. David Rizzio, (1566), Secretary and confident of Queen Mary I of Scotland Samantha Runyon, (2002), young victim of crime.
List of people by name: Op-Oz - Carlos, (born 1939), world champion boxer Ortiz, Jose basketball player Ortiz, Luis (born c. 1962) Puerto Rican boxer Ortiz, Luis "Perico Puerto Rican musician Ortiz, Manuel, boxer Ortiz, Shalym, actor and singer Ortiz, Tito, (born 1975), Ultimate Fighting champion Ortleb, Rainer, FDP Ortoli, Francois-Xavier, European Commission President Orton, Beth, musician Orton, Joe, (1933-1967), dramatist Ortu, Francesco Cocco Ortvad, Erik, (born 1917), painter Orwell, George, (1903-1950), British author Orzabal, Roland, (born 1961), singer, guitarist Orzeszkowa, Eliza, (1841-1910), novelist Osborne, Adam, (died 2003), computer pioneer Osborne, Jeffrey, (born 1948), singer Osborne, Joan, (born 1963), musician Osborne, John, (1929-1994), dramatist Osborne, Milton, Australian historian Osbourne, Kelly, (born 1984), US singer Osbourne, Mary Pope, author Osbourne, Ozzy, (born 1948), US heavy rock singer Osbourne, Sharon, (born 1952), wife of Ozzy Osbourne Oscar I of Sweden,.
Joe King Oliver - Joe King Oliver Joe "King" Oliver, (born 1885 in Abend, Louisiana near Donaldsonville, died 1938 in Savannah, Georgia) bandleader and jazz musician. Oliver moved to New Orleans in his youth. Oliver played cornet in the New Orleans brass bands and dance bands and also in the city's red-light district, Storyville. The band he co-led with trombonist Kid Ory was considered New Orleans' hottest and best in the 1910s. Oliver achieved great popularity in New Orleans across economic and racial lines, and was in demand for playing jobs from rough working classs black dance halls to white society debutante parties. According to an interview at the Tulane Jazz Archive with Oliver's widow Stella Oliver, in 1919 a fight broke out at a dance where Oliver was playing,.
Joe Frazier - Joe Frazier Joseph Frazier (born January 12, 1944), better known as Joe Frazier, is a world famous former boxer and world Heavyweight champion. Among other things, Frazier is famous for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali, of which their third bout, the Thrilla In Manila has been considered by many to be boxing's greatest bout ever. Frazier's nickname is Smokin' Joe. Frazier won a Gold medal in boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, after which he turned professional, defeating Woody Goss by a knockout in the first round. He won three more fights that year, all by knockout. In 1966, he kept on the winning road all the way, making nine fights, of which eight were knockout wins, the only man to last the.
Jersey Joe Walcott - Jersey Joe Walcott Raymond Arnold Cream (January 31, 1914 - February 25, 1994), better known as Jersey Joe Walcott was a world Heavyweight boxing champion. Walcott was born in Merchantville, New Jersey, and he was often compared to former world Welterweight champion Joe Walcott. Hence his nickname, Jersey Joe Walcott. Walcott had to wait a long time to blossom as a fighter. He broke the world's record for the oldest man to win the world's Heavyweight title when he earned it at the age of 37. Before winning it, he had to face many of the best boxers of his era. His fame transcended boxing, and he became a popular New York figure after he retired as a boxer. He debuted as a professional boxer on September.
