Hall Plays:1: Cooking with Elvis;Spoonface Steinberg;Bollocks;Genie;Two's Company;I Love You; Jimmy Spud...

Description

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 Also included in this title are six previously unpublished radio and stage plays that ilustate Hall's talent for black comedy.

Lee Hall has won numerous awards, including a Sony award for his phenomenally popular radio play Spoonface Steinberg, which later transferred to the stage in a production with Kathryn Hunter. His play Cooking With Elvis had a sell-out run at the Whitehall Theatre throughout 2000, after his stint as Writer in Residence at the RSC. His adaptation of A Servant to Two Masters was a smash hit for the RSC and the Young Vic, and continues to tour worldwide. His two Brecht adaptations, Mr Puntilla and his Man Matti and Mother Courage and her Children were both sell-out successes in the West End. Lee Hall was Oscar nominated for his screenplay Billy Elliot.