The broadcast in january last year of lee halls spoonface steinberg, to judge by listeners reaction, was just such an event. Spoonface steinberg is a play by british playwright lee hall, first broadcast as a dramatic. We open tonight to a sold out audience, and the spoonfaces are. With linda bassett, ella jones, helen mccrory, becky simpson. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the nazi concentration camps who died with. A girl suffering from autism comes to terms with her cancer.
Such was the popular acclaim that the bbc repeated it on radio 4 the following saturday afternoon. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Spoonface steinberg tv movie 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Television film version of lee halls awardwinning radio play. The film is based on the book of same name by shrabani basu, about the reallife relationship between queen victoria of the united kingdom and her indian muslim servant abdul karim. He also wrote the screenplay to the film billy elliot 1999, receiving an oscar. Now after her parents have split up and her mother has a drink problem, her hospital consultant introduces her to opera. It began life as the fourth and final play in the gods country series of linked radio dramas broadcast in 1997 on bbc radio 4. An autistic girl comes to terms with her extraordinary life. Some snippets of spoonface steinberg, filmed from our dress rehearsal. Spoonface steinberg is a play by british playwright lee hall, first broadcast as a dramatic monologue on bbc radio 4 on monday 27 january 1997. He has worked as a writer in theatre, tv, radio and film. Spoonface steinberg concord theatricals samuel french. Spoonface is seven years old, jewish, autistic and terminally ill with cancer.