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Plays 1

Part of the Contemporary Dramatists series
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This title presents a collection of plays which should be of special interest to drama and media studies students. "Spoonface Steinberg", Lee Hall's award-winning play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997. "Cooking with Elvis" is a black comedy about the family of a famous Elvis impersonator who is now tied to a wheelchair. "Bollocks!" - inspired by Ernst Toller's "Hinkemann" and relocated to Northern Ireland - is an examination of the importence of lives ruined by war.Also included in this title are six previously unpublished radio and stage plays that ilustate Hall's talent for black comedy.

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Methuen Drama
0413771911 / 9780413771919
Paperback / softback
822.914
09/05/2002
United Kingdom
English
xiii, 300 p.
20 cm
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"Spoonface Steinberg" won the Writers' Guild Award for best radio play winner in 1997, and Lee Hall is also known as the stage, radio and film dramatist whose screenplay "Billy Elliot" was made into the 2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry.
"Spoonface Steinberg" won the Writers' Guild Award for best radio play winner in 1997, and Lee Hall is also known as the stage, radio and film dramatist whose screenplay "Billy Elliot" was made into the 2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry. DD Plays, playscripts