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For the novel, see Popcorn (novel).

Popcorn
Original Nottingham Playhouse production window card, 1996
Written by	Ben Elton
Date premiered	1996
Place premiered	Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham, England
Original language	English
Subject	Killers determined to use movie director's art as justification for murder
Genre	Comedy
Setting	Los Angeles, California

Popcorn is a 1998 play by English author Ben Elton adapted from his novel of the same title.

References

Neil Hopkins. "Review: Popcorn, a play by Ben Elton". Retrieved 25 July 2013.

Further reading

Elton, Ben (1998). Plays: Gasping, Silly Cow, Popcorn. Methuen Contemporary Dramatists. London: Methuen Drama. ISBN 0-413-73670-9.

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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

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Theatre	Gasping (1990) Silly Cow (1991) Popcorn (1996) Blast from the Past (1998) The Beautiful Game (1998) We Will Rock You (2002) Tonight's the Night (2003) Love Never Dies (2010) The Upstart Crow (2020) Twiggy The Musical (2023)
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