"Educating Rita" by Willy Russell is a play that tells the story of Rita, a working-class hairdresser in Liverpool who decides to pursue an education in order to escape her mundane life. She enrolls in an Open University course on literature and is assigned to a tutor, Frank, an alcoholic and disillusioned professor who has lost his passion for teaching. As Rita and Frank begin to work together, they form an unlikely friendship that challenges their preconceptions and transforms their lives. Through their conversations about literature, culture, and society, Rita and Frank grapple with questions of identity, class, and the role of education in shaping a person's life. The play is praised for its witty dialogue, complex characters, and themes of personal growth and social change. It has been widely performed and adapted for film and television, and is considered a modern classic of British theatre.
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