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Original Title:	Educating Rita
ISBN:	0413767906 (ISBN13: 9780413767905)
Edition Language:	English

Educating Rita

Willy Russell

Paperback | Pages: 96 pages

Rating: 3.65 | 3184 Users | 143 Reviews

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Title	:	Educating Rita
Author	:	Willy Russell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Methuen Modern Plays
Pages	:	Pages: 96 pages
Published	:	May 10th 2001 by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (first published 1980)
Categories	:	Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Academic. School. Theatre

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3.5***

From the book jacket: 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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Yes, Frank does have something to teach Rita, but she also teaches him. I love watching Rita grow and change throughout this play. I’ve never seen the play performed, nor did I watch the movie, though I remember it being quite popular back in the early 1980s. I knew the basic premise, however and was still delighted to watch it unfold.

Rita is a marvelous character. Witty, and forthright. She does not suffer fools gladly, though at the outset she lacks confidence. She feel “less than” due to a lack of education, and envies the students on the university campus their lifestyle. Rita is not sure what she wants out of life, but she knows she wants more, and she sees education as a means to give her more options.

Frank is a perfect foe: a professor and has-been poet, who has more interest in the contents of the whiskey bottles than the contents of the books that line his office shelves, and behind which he stashes the drink. He’s cynical and has taken this special student only for the money.

But Frank sees something in Rita that sparks his interest. She’s so eager to learn, and he is forced to examine his own thoughts on books and literature and poetry and life based on her questions (and answers). He recognizes in her the spark of desire, and she kindles that spark in him. No, I don’t mean sexual desire - I mean that desire to live, to experience life fully, to learn new things, not because we need them for a job or a career, but because we simply want to live more fully. Rita isn’t certain what path she will choose, but she knows that, thanks to Frank, she now has more choices.

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Read: May 2017Rating: 5/5 stars, best of 2017I have seen the film version of Educating Rita about three times and now I've finally read the original play. I really enjoyed reading it, and Russell's astute comments about what it means to go back into education as an adult and the impact it can have on not only yourself but on your family - particularly as a member of the British working class - still remain as relevant in 2017 as they were in 1980. Rita is a wonderful character and I loved the

"I don't wanna spend the night takin' the piss, comin' on with the funnies because that's the only way I can get into conversation. I didn't want to come to your house just to play the court jester."*4.5 stars*In today's episode of Trini Hates Required Reading, I actually liked the book I had to read for uni, yay!Educating Rita is such a funny, yet thought-provoking read about a Liverpool working class woman in pursuit of her education. The play is basically just dialogue between two characters:

I said to him... even if I was having an affair theres no point burnin me books Im not havin it off with Anton Chekhov.He said, I wouldnt put it past you to shack up with a foreigner.Just for that line alone this play deserves 5/5. Disappointed to see such low scores for this. I love the Somerset Maugham reference too.

It's entertaining and really funny. I absolutely fell in love with Rita. She is a fantastic, joyful, fully realized character. The problems, however, begin with the only other character, Frank. He's a flat, pedantic cliche that drags the whole play down. His academic rambling slows the play to a crawl and limiting any higher artistic ambitions it had.But I suffer its faults for the joy that is Rita.

I don't usually read plays and i think i might start to because i really enjoyed this one. I had to read it for my english reading over the holidays. I wish it were longer because i want to find out what happens to Rita and Frank. Does she go on holidays with him or Tiger? does she find herself and leave that place. I didn't expect it to enjoy it this much. Good read!!!

"ten out of ten go to the top of the class an' collect a gold star"- Rita

4.5 stars