Orton in the Archives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4494772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mabel Priscilla Cook (0000-0003-3311-3864, corresponding author), M Cook (0009-0007-4777-6497) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 163-179 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbn041 |
| OpenAlex | W2079101335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper reflects on what archives at Boston University, the British Library, the University of Leicester and Islington Library can tell us about the legacy of the playwright Joe Orton, and in particular about how his infamous diary was shaped for the consumption of others first by Orton himself, and then by his agent Peggy Ramsay and biographer John Lahr. Ramsay and Lahr's stewardship of the diary, I argue, reflects the particular social and cultural climate in which they were operating.
Art · Art history · Library science · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Stewardship (theology) · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |