Educating Rita
An English Comedy
by Willy Russell
directed by Eleanor Holdridge
October 17 – November 7, 2010
Live and learn.
Rita is street smart, a twenty-something hairdresser with a passion for more. Frank is disillusioned, a down-on-his-luck professor driven to drink. Rita is brash. Frank is burnt out. But as Frank tutors Rita for her exams, their lessons teach them things they never expected about their own lives. Thirty years after it took the world by storm, Triad Stage celebrates Russell’s delightful comedy of ideas. Part Pygmalion, part Working Girl, this is the story of two unforgettable characters with the courage to learn.
“It’s a classy, comfy evening of witty repartee generously seasoned with the dry rub, or perhaps more accurately, the frothy head, of British life.”
–Lynn Jessup, Classical Voice of North Carolina
Click here to read the full review.
Running time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one fifteen-minute intermission.
This production contains some strong language.
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Educating Rita Dramaturgy
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Educating Rita Dramaturgy
Dramaturg Drew Barker has created a Google site about the playwright and the setting of Educating Rita.
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