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# Sixth Form and FE students over 16 invited to write a new Edna Welthorpe letter in the spirit of Joe Orton
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/sixth-form-and-fe-students-over-16-invited-to-write-a-new-edna-welthorpe-letter-in-the-spirit-of-joe-orton/
- Published: 2023-01-26T14:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-26T13:07:58.000Z
- Description: Joe Orton penned spoof letters of complaint that satirised social and sexual conservatism. He wrote letters mocking snobbery and homophobia under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Edna Welthorpe’, and sent them to a variety of institutions including Smedley’s Jam, Littlewoods catalogue and the Ritz Hotel.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Joe Orton, LGBT, LGBTQ, University of Leicester

Sixth Form and FE students over 16 are invited to write a new **Edna Welthorpe** letter in the spirit of **Joe Orton**.

As well as writing some of the most famous plays of the 1960s, such as *Entertaining Mr Sloane* (1964), *Loot* (1965) and *What the Butler Saw* (1969), Joe Orton penned spoof letters of complaint that satirised social and sexual conservatism. He wrote letters mocking snobbery and homophobia under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Edna Welthorpe’, and sent them to a variety of institutions including **Smedley’s Jam**, **Littlewoods** catalogue and the **Ritz Hotel**.

Letters should be funny but not nasty, insulting or disrespectful to the addressee. It should be no more than 200 words and the deadline for entries is **June 30**. The winner receives **£200**.

#### This competition is funded by the University of Leicester through a generous donation by Dame Vivienne Westwood.

**For more info, [CLICK HERE](https://www.ednawelthorpe.le.ac.uk/annual-competition/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**