For the film adaptation, see Educating Rita (film).
Educating Rita
Samuel French acting edition cover
Written by
Willy Russell
Date premiered
June 1980
Place premiered
Donmar Warehouse London
Original language
English
Subject
Pygmalion-style drama about a hairdresser's literary quest.
Genre
Comedy
Educating Rita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor.
Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Educating Rita premièred at The Warehouse, London, in June 1980 starring Julie Walters and Mark Kingston. The play was directed by Mike Ockrent.
EducatingRita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor...
English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are EducatingRita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out. Russell was born...
services to drama. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in EducatingRita (1983), a part she originated in the West End production of the stage...
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House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor. His performance in EducatingRita in 1983 earned him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor....
in the title role of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of EducatingRita by Willy Russell, which played in the Minerva Theatre from 18 June to...
Bateman made his directorial debut with The Hogan Family episode "EducatingRita" (Season 5, Episode 10)[citation needed] at the time setting the record...
His other Oscar-nominated films include Alfie (1966), Sleuth (1972), EducatingRita (1983), and The Quiet American (2002). Other notable performances include...
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Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), EducatingRita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films:...
opera The Kennedys of Castleross. In 1983 Quigley appeared in the film EducatingRita. Quigley died in Dublin of Alzheimer's disease, aged 71. The Irish Times...
stage roles include Meenah in East Is East (2014–2015), and Rita in a 2018 production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too. Atwal is an ambassador for Children's Air...
Albion. Kate went on to star in Russell's EducatingRita at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1981, where she played Rita. From 1985 to 1990, Kate played the character...
Rakesh's Adhe Adhure, Shankar Shesh's Mayavi Sarovar and Willie Russell's EducatingRita are a few of her prominent plays. Dr. Vijaya Mehta chose her to play...
is directly referenced in EducatingRita with the central character confessing she has changed her name from Susan to Rita in tribute to both the author...
experiences in the episode are compared to the character Rita from the stage comedy EducatingRita by Willy Russell in a literary analysis of the play. On...
theatre and in British film and television. She appeared in the film EducatingRita and is possibly best known for her role as Nellie Keene in the BBC drama...
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Festival Fringe, he played the role of Frank in a production of the play EducatingRita. In 2014, Kelly acted in a short drama called Cherry Cake, and in 2016...