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Claire Sweeney takes lead role in Educating Rita revival

Claire Sweeney takes lead role in Educating Rita revival

The actress discusses Willy Russell's much-loved script

15 May 2012

Whether on stage or screen, few can forget Willy Russell’s young, earnest heroine, in Educating Rita, a working class girl hungry for education who finds herself under the tutelage of a lost, boozed up lecturer, searching for life beyond academia. For…

Educating Rita

Educating Rita

(3 stars)19 Feb 2009

MODERN CLASSIC A full-length two-hander with a single setting has to be made of really special stuff to avoid outstaying its welcome. Jeremy Raison’s production of Educating Rita for the Citz manages to keep its audience onside – just – but in spite…

Educating Rita

Educating Rita

5 Feb 2009

PREVIEW REVIVAL If there’s a consistent thread that runs through the work of Willy Russell, it’s the need for escape, usually from a stagnant class system that oppresses his protagonists. Yet his work is more nuanced, less moralistic than you might…

Educating Rita

Educating Rita

5 Feb 2009

REVIVAL If there’s a consistent thread that runs through the work of Willy Russell, it’s the need for escape, usually from a stagnant class system that oppresses his protagonists. Yet his work is more nuanced, less moralistic than you might expect.

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