Educating Rita
Educating Rita 'One way of describing Educating Rita would be to say that it was about the meaning of education ... A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. Another would be to…
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Educating Rita
'One way of describing Educating Rita would be to say that it was about the meaning of education ... A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. Another would be to say that it was about the meaning of life.
It premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in 1980 and won the SWET award for Best Comedy of the Year. A fourth, that it is simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.' Sunday TimesThis 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 was subsequently made into a highly successful