A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
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Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
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Cast
Nigel Williams
Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
John Lahr
Self - Biographer
Leonie Orton
Self - Sister
Douglas Orton
Self - Brother
Eleanor Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
Aldo Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
Richard O'Donoghue
Self - RADA Administrator
Margaret Whiting
Self - Friend
Richard Braine
Self - Publisher
Charles Monteith
Self - Publisher
Jim Connell
Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
Sidney Porett
Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
Margaret Ramsey
Self - Theatrical Agent
Kenneth Williams
Self
Charles Marowitz
Self - First West End Director of Loot
Kenneth Cranham
Self
Peter Willes
Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays
Paul Moriarty
Truscott - Loot
Dinah Stabb
Fay - Loot
Paul Shearer
Hal - Loot
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