Kenneth Cranham was a teenager when Joe Orton cast him in a radio play and the pair became close friends. But I don’t think Joe Orton had one. When Joe and Kenneth came to the first night, I remember the pride with which they walked down the street. The death of Joe Orton - archive, August 1967 Read moreIt was Sheila Ballantine who had a sense that something terrible would happen. One night, Joe was away in Leicester overseeing a production of Entertaining Mr Sloane and Kenneth came to the theatre on his own, which he’d never done before.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 11:02 UTC