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Educating Rita

Author: Willy Russell   Series: Methuen Drama Student Editions

A play about a working-class girls hunger for education.

A Student Edition of Willy Russell's classic play, with full introduction, commentary, notes on the text and questions for study. The revised version of the original play .

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A play about a working-class girls hunger for education.

A Student Edition of Willy Russell's classic play, with full introduction, commentary, notes on the text and questions for study. The revised version of the original play .

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Description

'One way of describing Educating Rita would be to say that it was about the meaning of education ... Another would be to say that it was about the meaning of life. A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. A fourth, that it is simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.' Sunday Times

Educating Rita, which portrays a working-class Liverpool woman's hunger for education, premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in 1980 and won the SWET award for Best Comedy of the Year. It was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters and won the 1983 BAFTA award for Best Film.

Commentary and notes by Steve Lewis.

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Critic Reviews

“A simply”

'Russell's deft two-hander has as much to say about education, art and power and it does about class.' Shona Craven, Herald, 16.2.09
Willy Russell's intellectually insatiable hairdresser is one of those rare comic creations who have become lodged in the collective consciousness. Guardian
Willy Russell's 1979 two-hander emerges evergreen: of its time, but relevant to an income-bracketed Britain where accents still speak volumes. Sunday Times

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About the Author

Willy Russell, born in Whiston near Liverpool, is one of the most popular and successful contemporary playwrights whose works are studied in schools and colleges. His plays include: One for the Road, Stags and Hens, Educating Rita, Blood Brothers, Our Day Out and Shirley Valentine.

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Educating Rita , about a working-class Liverpool girl's hunger for education, is 'simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.' Sunday Times....Educating Rita was premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in June 1980.Voted Best Comedy of 1980, it was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.

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Product Details

Publisher
Methuen Publishing | Methuen Drama
Published
31st July 2008
Edition
1st
Pages
102
ISBN
9780713687569

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