Name: Educating Rita
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Author: Willy Russell
ISBN: 9781350200937

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Physical Book

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Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781350200937

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Educating Rita"

'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.

Willy Russell

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Su éxito internacional llegó con obras como Educating Rita, una historia sobre el poder liberador del conocimiento, que además fue adaptada al cine con gran reconocimiento. También destacan Shirley Valentine y Blood Brothers, esta última convertida en un musical de culto en Londres y Broadway. Russell se consolidó como un narrador capaz de combinar crítica social con una humanidad entrañable, logrando que sus textos mantengan vigencia décadas después de su estreno.

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