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Educating Rita
The drama I`m going to present now is called " Educating Rita" and written by Willy Russell. ...
In the whole play there are only two different characters: Frank and Rita.
- dialogue, reason that there are not many stage directions, always very short
- first character Rita
- working class girl
- 26 years old, married with her husband Denny
- roles woman-man---- typical, left school early, got married, is working as a hairdresser
now
- so to say old-fashioned, living in a world of old-fashioned ideals
- funny, charming, spontaneous, natural charecteristics
- moreover talking a lot, impulsive, says what she thinks
- from Liverpool -- setting, it takes place in Liverpool
- Liverpool economical centre, west coast of England
- important harbours
- much industry, industrial centre-----consequence-working class is dominating, many
workers
- Rita = typical example of a girl/woman in Liverpool
- most people there not very rich, (not very educated)
- Rita recognizes that something in her life is missing
- wants to change her life
- get out of the roles
- ˇ¨there must be something more than the superficial things the people in the
hairdresserˇ¦s are talking aboutˇ¨
- surches for a solution
- wants to be educated, become a completely new person
- improve quality of her life, find herself, self-enlightment, find her real identity,
diversify the meaning of her life
- has changed her name into Rita (sounds better, Rita Mae Brown)
- leads her to the ˇ¨Open Universityˇ¨
- special institution, giving adults the chance to get education
- his/her (social) background is unimportant
- teaching methods are different to normal universities
- made for people who want to study at home, without giving up their jobs
- learning with textbooks, notes on the radio/ TV, records, cassettes
- ˇ¨openˇ¨ for everyone (live in UK, over 21)
- donˇ¦t need any qualification like A-Levels---starting at your level of knowledge, until
your able to qualify for the universityˇ¦s BA degree
- degrees are equal to those of normal universities
- better chances of career
- offers about 140 different courses
- more than 80,000 men/women are studying there per year
- have to have the will to learn, because have to do everything on your own
- Rita has will to learn
- get into O.
Approximate Word count = 1431
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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