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Start: Cos there’s no meaning. They tell...

Rita

Educating Rita

Willy Russell

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 4
Time & Place
University office, Liverpool, England, 1980s
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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Start: Cos there’s no meaning. They tell y’ stories about the past, y’know, the war, or when they were fightin’ for food an’ clothin’ an’ houses.

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End: Y’know, buyin’ dresses all the time, isn’t it? The Unions tell them to go out an’ get more money an’ ITV an’ the papers tell them what to spend it on so the disease is always covered up.

For full, extended monologue see:
Willy Russell. Educating Rita. London: Longman Ltd., 1997. p.30.

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