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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.
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.
One of the most-produced writers of his time, Willy Russell (b. Whiston, Liverpool, 23 Aug. 1947) is a playwright and songwriter. He has written a large number of highly successful plays and musicals for stage and TV including John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (1974), Breezeblock Park (1975), One for the Road (1976),Our Day Out (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), Stags and Hens (1978; filmed as Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990), Educating Rita (1979), Blood Brothers(1981; musical version 1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986). His novel, The Wrong Boy, was published to great acclaim in 2000.
Katie Beswick is a writer and academic working at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is interested in arts and culture and their intersections with issues of class.
Context:
Liverpool in 1980s
Willy Russell and the Everyman
Themes:
Being trapped and breaking free
Class and identity
Popular culture v high art
Education and knowledge
Dramatic Devices:
Language and voice
Structure
Setting
Production History:
Casting Rita
Film
Critical Reception
Academic Debate
Comparative Literature
Further Study
EDUCATING RITA
Notes
References
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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Genre: | Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Methuen Student Editions |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781350200937 |
ISBN-10: | 135020093X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 523897 |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Russell, Willy |
Redaktion: | Beswick, Katie |
Auflage: | 2. Auflage |
Hersteller: |
Bloomsbury Academic
Methuen Drama |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 198 x 131 x 12 mm |
Von/Mit: | Willy Russell |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.06.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,116 kg |
One of the most-produced writers of his time, Willy Russell (b. Whiston, Liverpool, 23 Aug. 1947) is a playwright and songwriter. He has written a large number of highly successful plays and musicals for stage and TV including John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (1974), Breezeblock Park (1975), One for the Road (1976),Our Day Out (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), Stags and Hens (1978; filmed as Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990), Educating Rita (1979), Blood Brothers(1981; musical version 1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986). His novel, The Wrong Boy, was published to great acclaim in 2000.
Katie Beswick is a writer and academic working at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is interested in arts and culture and their intersections with issues of class.
Context:
Liverpool in 1980s
Willy Russell and the Everyman
Themes:
Being trapped and breaking free
Class and identity
Popular culture v high art
Education and knowledge
Dramatic Devices:
Language and voice
Structure
Setting
Production History:
Casting Rita
Film
Critical Reception
Academic Debate
Comparative Literature
Further Study
EDUCATING RITA
Notes
References
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Methuen Student Editions |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781350200937 |
ISBN-10: | 135020093X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 523897 |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Russell, Willy |
Redaktion: | Beswick, Katie |
Auflage: | 2. Auflage |
Hersteller: |
Bloomsbury Academic
Methuen Drama |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 198 x 131 x 12 mm |
Von/Mit: | Willy Russell |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.06.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,116 kg |