Cooking with Elvis
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Cooking with Elvis is a darkly comic stage play by British playwright Lee Hall that blends family drama with rock ’n’ roll nostalgia and absurd humor.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| author | Lee Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Lee Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
family dysfunction
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frustration ⓘ grief ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ unfulfilled dreams ⓘ |
| firstProducedAt | Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProductionCompany | Live Theatre Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProductionLocation | Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
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black comedy ⓘ comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ family drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Elvis impersonator father
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mother ⓘ mother's lover ⓘ teenage daughter ⓘ |
| hasHumorType |
dark humor
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
caregiving
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paralysis ⓘ working-class life in England ⓘ |
| hasWestEndProduction | Yes ⓘ |
| includesElement |
Elvis Presley songs
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cooking sequences ⓘ rock and roll music ⓘ |
| isPartOf | British contemporary theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | two-act play ⓘ |
| notableActorInProduction |
Charlie Hardwick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting |
North East England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
family home ⓘ |
| style | mix of realism and absurdism ⓘ |
| subject |
Elvis Presley fandom
ⓘ
disability ⓘ family relationships ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| WestEndTheatre | Whitehall Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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