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Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show by Mark Brown

Orton and his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, went to jail for adding surreal gags to dustjackets in guerrilla protestAs crimes go it was not the most heinous of offences, but Islington council's principal law clerk, Sidney Porrett, made it his mission to nab the perpetrators."I had to catch these two monkeys," he said. "They were a couple of darlings, make no mistake."The darlings in question were the playwright Joe O…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PM on October 11, 2011

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