On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat… - Joe Orton

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On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad nauseam."

Joe Orton

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John Kingsley "Joe" Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright.

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Pen Names: Edna Welthorpe

Birth Name: John Kingsley Orton

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Mrs Prentice: Are you ashamed of the fact that you write to strange men?
Prentice: There's nothing furtive in my relationship with the editor of The Guardian.

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Fay: What will you do when you're old?
Hal: I shall die.
Fay: I see you're determined to run the gamut of all experience.

On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad nauseam." - Joe Orton

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