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Lee Hall Plays: 1 - (Contemporary Dramatists) (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The first collection of plays from one of Britain's finest young writers Spoonface Steinberg, Lee Hall's extraordinary, award-winning play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997 to unprecedented acclaim.
- About the Author: Lee Hall is a popular stage, radio and film dramatist.
- 311 Pages
- Drama, General
- Series Name: Contemporary Dramatists
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About the Book
A collection of 8 plays by British black comedy writer Lee Hall. It includes: "Spoonface Steinberg", a play on faith, love and the meaning of life; "Cooking with Elvis", the story of a family of an Elvis impersonator now tied to a wheelchair; and "Bollocks!", an examination of lives ruined by war.
Book Synopsis
The first collection of plays from one of Britain's finest young writers
Spoonface Steinberg, Lee Hall's extraordinary, award-winning play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997 to unprecedented acclaim. It "contains a good deal more truth than a thousand lectures on the nature of existence" (Guardian).
Cooking with Elvis is an Ortonesque black comedy about the family of a famous Elvis impersonator who is now tied to a wheelchair. "Disgracefully entertaining" (Daily Telegraph); "So sharp it could cut itself as it piles on the humour" (Guardian).
Bollocks! is inspired by Ernst Toller's masterpiece Hinkemann. Re-located to Northern Ireland it is an examination of the impotence of lives ruined by war.
Also included here are six previously unpublished radio and stage plays that prove Hall's talent as our pre-eminent contemporary writer of black comedy.
About the Author
Lee Hall is a popular stage, radio and film dramatist. His screenplay, Billy Elliott, was made into a film by Stephen Daldry in 2000. His radio plays have won a SONY award. His stage plays include Spoonface Steinberg, I Love you Jimmy Spud, and Cooking With Elvis.