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{{Short description|Play by Lee Hall}} |
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| name = I Luv You Jimmy Spud |
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| writer = [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]] |
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| characters = *[[Gus Brown (actor)|Gus Brown]] as Jimmy Spud |
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*Michael Walpert as Stephen (Scout) |
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| premiere = 1995 |
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'''''I luv you Jimmy Spud''''' is a [[Play (theatre)|play]] set in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] by [[United Kingdom|British]] playwright [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lee Hall - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355822/|work=imdb.com|date=September 22, 2011|author=}}</ref> starring [[Gus Brown (actor)|Gus Brown]] as Jimmy Spud and Michael Walpert as Stephen (Scout). Originally commissioned by [[BBC Radio 4]], it was first broadcast in 1995. |
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The play initiated the God's Country tetralogy; the other plays in the sequence are, in order: |
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*''The Love Letters of Ragie Patel'' (1997) |
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[[Category:British plays]] |
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*''The Sorrows of Sandra Saint'' (1997) |
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*''[[Spoonface Steinberg]]'' (1997) |
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In the forward to the book ''Byker Revisited'', Hall said that ''I Luv You Jimmy Spud'' was heavily influenced by photographer [[Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen]]'s book, ''Byker''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Byker Revisited |first=Sirkka-Liisa |last=Konttinen |page=vi |publisher=Northumbria Press |isbn=978-1904794424 |year=2009}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Lee Hall}} |
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[[Category:Plays by Lee Hall (playwright)]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:04, 5 February 2022
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| Written by | Lee Hall |
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| Date premiered | 1995 |
| Original language | English |
I luv you Jimmy Spud is a play set in Newcastle upon Tyne by British playwright Lee Hall[1] starring Gus Brown as Jimmy Spud and Michael Walpert as Stephen (Scout). Originally commissioned by BBC Radio 4, it was first broadcast in 1995.
The play initiated the God's Country tetralogy; the other plays in the sequence are, in order:
- The Love Letters of Ragie Patel (1997)
- The Sorrows of Sandra Saint (1997)
- Spoonface Steinberg (1997)
I luv you Jimmy Spud has been made into a 2001 film Gabriel and Me starring Iain Glen and Billy Connolly as the angel Gabriel.
In the forward to the book Byker Revisited, Hall said that I Luv You Jimmy Spud was heavily influenced by photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's book, Byker.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lee Hall - IMDb". imdb.com. September 22, 2011.
- ^ Konttinen, Sirkka-Liisa (2009). Byker Revisited. Northumbria Press. p. vi. ISBN 978-1904794424.
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