Willy Russell wrote "Educating Rita" in 1980. The play has many themes
and ideas. Humour, character, setting and language. The play is about
an English lecturer called Frank and his student-Rita. The play shows
Rita's metamorphosis from what she once was, to what she then becomes.
Rita changes into a complex and completely different person to what
she once was.
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Willy Russell was born in Whiston, which is just outside Liverpool.
Russell did not really care that much for school, and left when he was
only 15 years of age. He then perused a career in hairdressing. It
took him until he was in his twenties for him to realise he was in the
wrong profession. And so he went back to school. This is all relevant
to the play because this is the basic outline of the play- Willy
Russell biased the play on his own life, Russell even set it in the
same area "some where in the north." This place is Liverpool; we also
know this from Rita's pronunciation. "y' know what I mean"
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The setting of the play is one very important part in Rita's' change.
There is only one setting in the whole play "A room on the first floor
of a Victorian-built university in the north of England." This is
unusual. It draws you in personally, and the props don't distract you
in any way. The room belongs to Rita's tutor Frank. The office looks,
as you would expect an office to look. The walls are "lined" with
books there are two desks in his office but they are both for him.
When Rita first walks into Frank's office and sees that this man,
frank has to have two desks to put all of his 'education' on, she
wants to have part of his education! This may have been one of the
reasons why she asks Frank to teach her "everything". She wants to
change her whole life!
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The next theme is character. There are only two characters in the
whole play. Frank and Rita, but during many convocations they both
have, we learn about people in their lives even though we never met
them. E.g. Rita's boyfriend Denny, and Rita's flatmate Trish.
Frank is a Middle class tutor and although he is who is well respected
in this profession he often turns up drunk to his lectures. Rita is a
working class girl who left school without any qualifications to
become a hairdresser. At first they seem complete opposite but they
have more in common than they realise.
When they first met they were total strangers and didn't know anything
tries to act like an adult, but is unable to accept the fact he is
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