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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lee_Hall_(playwright)Lee Hall (playwright) - Wikipedia

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   Lee Hall (playwright) Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Billy Elliot (2000) and the book and lyrics for its adaptation as a stage musical of the same name. In addition, he wrote the play The Pitmen Painters (2007), and the screenplays for the films War ...

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   • Born: 20 September 1966 (age 57), Newcastle upon Tyne, England

2. literature.britishcouncil.org › writer › lee-hallLee Hall - Literature - British Council

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   Playwright Lee Hall was born in Newcastle in 1966. His acclaimed play Spoonface Steinberg (1997), a monologue for a nine-year-old autistic girl dying of cancer, was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1997. He subsequently adapted the play for television in 1998 and for the stage in 2000. He was appointed Writer in Residence at the Royal ...

   • Place Of Birth: Newcastle, England

   • Works For: Methuen Publishing Ltd

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   Who is Lee Hall?

   • Lee Hall is a writer whose work is firmly rooted in the expression of the political through the personal. He is perhaps most associated with the film Billy Elliot (2000), for which he wrote the screenplay, and with Spoonface Steinberg (1997), written for radio and later adapted for the stage.

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   When did Lee Hall ReWrite 'I Luv you Jimmy Spud' & 'The Pitmen Painters'?

   • He adapted his own play, I Luv You Jimmy Spud (1997), as a feature film starring Billy Connolly in 2000. Lee Hall co-wrote the screenplay for the film, Pride and Prejudice, in 2005, and adapted The Wind in the Willows for television, in 2006. The Pitmen Painters (2008) is a new play premiered at the Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2007.

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   Is Lee Hall's 'Ashington Group' A True Story?

   • Lee Hall's play, in case you have been living on the moon, tells the true story of the Ashington Group: a collection of Northumbrian miners - and one "dental mechanic" - who, in 1934, under the auspices of the Workers' Educational Association, employed a tutor from the local art school to teach them "art appreciation".

   The Pitmen Painters | Lee Hall | The Guardian

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4. www.theguardian.com › stage › 2014Lee Hall: Spielberg, Scargill and me | Lee Hall | The Guardian

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   Mar 10, 2014 · On the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall talks about Thatcher's death, being fired from War Horse – and finding the lead for his Elton John musical Mon 10 Mar ...

5. www.newsweek.com › 2018/11/30 › network-1976-filmMadder Still: How Playwright Lee Hall Adapted the Prophetic ...

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   Nov 20, 2018 · When English playwright Lee Hall re-watched the film in 2008, he cringed. "What Paddy predicted as mad satire in 1976 is documentary realism in our age," he tells Newsweek. "Week by week it ...

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7. www.theguardian.com › stage › 2012Still a rich seam: reviving Close the Coalhouse Door | Lee ...

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   Mar 26, 2012 · Playwright Lee Hall on the thrill of bringing Close the Coalhouse Door to 21st-century audiences. Lee Hall. Mon 26 Mar 2012 13.30 EDT. I n 1968, an ex-ballet-dancing, now theatre-directing, son of ...

8. www.theguardian.com › stage › 2009The Pitmen Painters | Lee Hall | The Guardian

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   Feb 8, 2009 · The Pitmen Painters. Lyttelton, London SE1. Rachel Cooke. Sat 7 Feb 2009 19.01 EST. S ummed up in a single sentence, or two, The Pitmen Painters is always going to sound like a dud. Go for the ...

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10. www.osfashland.org › playwrights › lee-hallPlaywright: Lee Hall - Oregon Shakespeare Festival

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    Lee Hall is an English playwright and screenwriter who has also written radio plays, a children’s opera and translated plays by Carlo Goldoni, Bertolt Brecht and Herman Heijermans. His most commercially successful work was the screenplay for the 2000 film Billy Elliot. The film was later turned into a stage musical, with music by Elton John ...