Educating Rita (Student Editions) - Softcover

Russell, Willy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713687568 ISBN 13: 9780713687569

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2009

Synopsis

'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.

About this title

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.

Review:

“A simply marvelous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.” ―Sunday Times of London

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0713687568
• ISBN 13: 9780713687569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Lewis Steve