Joe Orton
![In 1964](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Joe_Orton_1964.jpg/150px-Joe_Orton_1964.jpg)
His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective ''Ortonesque'' refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism. Provided by Wikipedia