Joe Orton and the "Art" of Book Defacement

[Adrian]

After seeing Prick Up Your Ears, I used to wonder if any of the library books defaced by playwright Joe Orton and his companion Kenneth Halliwell had been preserved; they had received prison sentences because of these antics, along with removing art prints to decorate their walls. It only took a minute on Google to find that the entire collection is being kept by a historical center. I've never encountered anything this elaborate; usually, it's just some crackpot scrawling idiotic marginalia.

Joe Orton Gallery

[Lori]

That is superb!

[Mary]

Love this! Weren't the Lunts starring in the play Holden Caulfield goes to see? His review: "on the crappy side". Heh heh.