EDUCATING RITA - METHUEN 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.
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 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 Katie Beswick, University of the Arts London.
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RUSSELL WILLY
Willy Russell nacido en Whiston, Liverpool, el 23 de agosto de 1947 es uno de los escritores más destacados de su tiempo y dramaturgo y compositor de canciones. Ha escrito un gran número de obras de teatro y musicales de gran éxito para teatro y televisión, entre las que se incluyen John, Paul, George, Ringo... and Bert 1974 , Breezeblock Park 1975 , One for the Road 1976 , Our Day Out versión para televisión en 1977; versión musical para teatro en 1983 , Stags and Hens 1978; filmada como Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990 , Educating Rita 1979 , Blood Brothers 1981; versión musical en 1983 y Shirley Valentine 1986 . Su novela, The Wrong Boy, se publicó con gran éxito en 2000.
