Educating Rita /

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Author / Creator:	Russell, Willy.
Edition:	New ed.
Imprint:	London : Methuen Drama, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (lxxxiv, 102 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Methuen Drama student editions Methuen Drama student editions.
Subject:	Adult education -- Drama. Self-culture -- Drama. Drama.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12669101

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Other authors / contributors:	Lewis, Steve, 1955-
ISBN:	9781408167861.00000031
Notes:	Previous edition: London: French, 1981. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Susan is a hairdresser who feels that there must be more to life than having children, so she renames herself 'Rita' after her favourite fictional character and applies for an Open University course in English Literature. Set entirely in the scholarly clutter of Dr Frank Bryant's office, the play follows Rita's efforts to escape her old life, and her blossoming into a literary connoisseur under Frank's sporadic direction. Terribly funny and terribly sad, the play is both a comic masterwork and a poignant examination of education, class and disillusionment. 'Educating Rita' premiered in London in 1980. It was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters. This revised version was first performed in 2002 at the Liverpool Playhouse.
Other form:	Print version : 9780713687569
Standard no.:	10.5040/9781408167861.00000031

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