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Library books stolen by Joe Orton go on display
Evening Standard 12 May 2008Library books stolen and defaced by Joe Orton are to go on show in a new museum dedicated to the history of Islington.
The playwright was jailed for six months in 1962 for stealing the collection, which will appear alongside other quirky treasures including a bust of Lenin, who once lived in Clerkenwell.
The Islington Museum, mostly funded by a grant of more than £900,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, opens today in St John Street.
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These days he would get away with an ASBO. If Orton and Lenin are Islington's finest then the museum is money badly spent.
- Victor,, Swanley, England, 12/05/2008 17:49
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