Essays on Educating Rita

Play It Again Rita The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell gained great popularity especially during the early eighties. There has also been a movie made from it starring Julie Walters and the more famous Michael Caine. As so often the case, the movie was more elaborate with additional scenes, some of which were spoken…

Educating RitaEntertainment from today’s astounding visual effects in movies to men acting as women in Shakespearean plays some centuries ago, have always been and will always be appreciated by many. Even George B. Shaw’s play Pygmalion, has given a few laughs, but not only made for engaging an audience in something fun and making money,…

Educating Rita SummaryEducating Rita summary Rita, a witty, 26-year-old working class British hairdresser who decides to seek an education at Open University. Rita needs a tutor, and she selects Dr. Frank Bryant , an alcoholic college literature professor whose life is a shambles. Divorced, Bryant’s new lover is now having an affair with his best…

Restrictions often alter the way in which individuals transition from one world to another. Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita” exemplifies as to how this transition takes place. The entering of new phases of life can be portrayed through the protagonist Rita in her journey to become ‘educated’ and therefore become free of all the limitations in…

Educating Rita is a 1970’s play, which tells the story of a young woman, who pursues her dream of getting an education and moving up in the world. She embarks on an Open University course, and is tutored by a University professor, named Frank. The differences between Frank and Rita are emphasised straight from the…