See Also: rubro-(dictionary)
Orton(medicine)
Orton, Joe(encyclopedia)
Orton, Joe(dictionary)
Wolf-Orton bodies(medicine)
Jellinek, Elvin M(orton)(encyclopedia)

rubro- (iou) and Orton, Joe (sh)


rubro- (iou)



rubro- combining form.
[from Latin rubr-, ruber red: see -O-.]
Anatomy. Forming adjectives with the senses 'relating to the red nucleus of the brain and', 'passing from the red nucleus to', as rubro-oculomotor, rubro-reticular, rubro-spinal.

Orton, Joe (sh)




orig. John Kingsley Orton

born Jan. 1, 1933, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng.
died Aug. 9, 1967, London

British dramatist.

Originally an unsuccessful actor, he turned to Writing, finding Success in 1964 when his Radio play The Ruffian on the Stair was broadcast by the BBC. His three full-length plays, Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1964), Loot (1965), and What the Butler Saw (produced posthumously, 1969), were black comedies that scandalized audiences with their examination of moral corruption, violence, and sexual rapacity. Orton's career was cut short when he was murdered by K.L. Halliwell, his lifelong companion, who afterward committed suicide.