An Introduction to Joe Orton
Before Loot, I had never seen a play by Joe Orton, so I am grateful to Red Bull Theater for making the introduction. Orton, considered heir to Oscar Wilde, was arrested and imprisoned for stealing and defacing library books in 1962, though he suspected it was actually for his homosexuaity. In 1967, Orton was killed by his partner Kenneth Halliwell, who then committed suicide. Loot, now playing at the Lucill…