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The Author
Exhibition at Islington Museum
14 October 2011 – 25 February 2012
In 1962 the aspiring playwright Joe Orton and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell, who lived together in Islington, were each sentenced to six months imprisonment for malicious damage to Islington Public Library books. The offenders were found guilty of stealing and ‘doctoring’ library book covers with images from other sources or by adding new text and narrative. They also removed illustrations from library art books to ‘wallpaper’ their bed-sit at 25 Noel Road. During imprisonment Joe Orton embarked upon what was to be a successful but all too brief writing career, cut short by his murder at the hand of his jealous partner. ‘Malicious Damage’ tells the story surrounding the life and crimes of Orton and Halliwell in Islington and, for the first time at Islington Museum, offers the opportunity to view all of the surviving doctored book covers along with other material reflecting the life and work of the pair.
For more information, call 020 7527 2837 or email islington.museum@islington.gov.uk
The Author
Exhibition at Islington Museum
14 October 2011 – 25 February 2012
In 1962 the aspiring playwright Joe Orton and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell, who lived together in Islington, were each sentenced to six months imprisonment for malicious damage to Islington Public Library books. The offenders were found guilty of stealing and ‘doctoring’ library book covers with images from other sources or by adding new text and narrative. They also removed illustrations from library art books to ‘wallpaper’ their bed-sit at 25 Noel Road. During imprisonment Joe Orton embarked upon what was to be a successful but all too brief writing career, cut short by his murder at the hand of his jealous partner. ‘Malicious Damage’ tells the story surrounding the life and crimes of Orton and Halliwell in Islington and, for the first time at Islington Museum, offers the opportunity to view all of the surviving doctored book covers along with other material reflecting the life and work of the pair.
For more information, call 020 7527 2837 or email islington.museum@islington.gov.uk