Longman Literature: Educating Rita - Softcover

Russell, Willy

 
9780582060135: Longman Literature: Educating Rita

Synopsis

This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. This play gives a humorous and sometimes moving account of a young woman's determination to change her life. Hairdresser Rita feels that life has passed her by. She wants an education. But does Frank have anything to teach her?

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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 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 and Shirley Valentine.

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