The collection comprises of original library book covers/dust jackets defaced by (later) playwright Joe Orton and his partner and mentor Kenneth Halliwell between 1959 and 1962, as wells as material relating to the couple while resident in Islington, London. This material dates from 1962 onwards and includes news cuttings, articles, exhibition and performance publicity and books by and about Joe Orton.
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