The Orton Diaries Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others de ORTON, Joe; LAHR, John (editor) - 1986

London: Methuen, 1986. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo.. First edition. 8vo. With b/w frontis and plates. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Very occasional blemish to text block, else, clean, tight and bright. In the playful original DJ - sunning to spine, light wear to spine ends. A pleasing copy of Orton's posthumously published diaries. Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) was one of Orton's letter-writing alter egos. Created in the 1950s, she was a guardian of public morals, who Orton used to mischief-make and even, occasionally, to generate controversy around his plays.