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Educating Rita

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Willy Russell

Published by Samuel French Ltd

1 Male 1 Female

Frank is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to drink and bury himself in his books

Enter Rita

She is a forthright 26 year old hairdresser who is hungry for education

Rita quickly wins over the very reticent teacher by her native shrewdness and her refusal to accept secondhand academic opinions

In the course of the play she gives Frank a new lease on his life by making him believe in himself once again

REVIEWS

"Warmly written. . . . It is the interchange of feeling and realization of new approaches to life on both sides that make this play of particular interest" ~ London Sunday Telegraph

"A marvelous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy tale with a quizzical, half happy ending" ~ London Sunday Times

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