An Analysis of the Characters of Frank and Rita in the Play Educating Rita
Educating Rita In this essay, I am going to describe the two main characters, Frank and Rita, and how they change throughout the play. I will also look at how I would stage scenes six and seven including props, characters' positions, body language, actions, movements, and facial expressions. Educating Rita is a twentieth-century drama about the transformation of Rita, an uneducated, inexperienced, and rather a childish woman who changes into an intelligent and responsible adult. This transformation is supported by…...
Literary AnalysisWilly Russell
Invented Incidents in Educating Rita, a Play by Willy Russell
The Additional Scenes in Educating Rita's Film Version Educating Rita is a stage comedy written by British playwright Willy Russell. The play is adapted for radio by Willy Russell. It is assumed that the radio play substantially copies the original text. The play is also adapted for a film. The events take place both in the play and in the film. In the play, everything is told in reported speech, however; in the film, people can see the events that…...
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An Analysis of Willy Russell’s Play Educating Rita
Willy Russell wrote this play and he was born near Liverpool. After leaving school, he trained to be a printer even though he did not want to do it. However, when he came to do his exam, he failed. Then he trained to be a hairdresser. He did this for six years; he didn't understand it or even like it. He still bought his salon, but when it was quiet, he would do what he liked doing best. This was…...
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Choosing Scenes to Illuminate Educating Rita
Choose scenes from the film that illuminates the text of Educating Rita by Willy Russell. When the play was written there was still a cultural divide between the uneducated (as in no higher education) working class and the cultural and educated upper class but higher education was slowly being made available to the masses. This was partly due to Open University (OU) with provided a university education to those who normally would have not been able to go due to…...
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