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Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I

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Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I is a play written by Mark E. Smith, the lead singer of the band the Fall. Described by its author as "a cross between Shakespeare and The Prisoner", the play centres on the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I – born Albino Luciani – in 1978.

The script for the play was supposedly written by Smith on beer mats and delivered to the play's director in a shoe box. Starring Smith and the performance artist Leigh Bowery, Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I ran for two weeks in December 1986 at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, west London. In the same month, The Fall released one of the songs from the play, "Hey! Luciani," as a single.[1]

Versions of other songs from the play have also been released as tracks on Fall albums:

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Hey, Luciani!. All Music. Retrieved 11 February 2017