Educating Rita

Name: Educating Rita
Author: Willy Russell
ISBN: 9781350200937

by Willy Russell

ISBN: 9781350200937

Published: 2023-06-15

Drama

'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 This new student edition includes an introduction covering the play's context; chronology; dramatic devices; critical reception; production history; and key themes such as class and identity, popular culture and education. It also includes a comparison of the Ritas created by a variety of performers such as Julie Walters, Clare Sweeney, Leanne Best, Laura dos Santos and Lashana Lynch. Educating Rita portrays a working-class Liverpool woman's hunger for education. It premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in 1980 and won the SWET award for Best Comedy of the Year. It was...

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