Educating Rita
by Willy Russell

English
123 pages
New Longman Literature
ISBN: 0-582-43445-9
First line: I was born in Whiston, which is just outside Liverpool.
Back cover blurb:
Rita feels that life is passing her by. She wants an education but does Frank, her lecturer, have anything to teach her? Willy Russell’s play is a hilarious yet moving account of a young [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Love
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard

For the Decades ‘08 (first performed in 1967) and the A-Z reading challenges.
English
77 pages
e-book
First line: “Heads.”
Back cover blurb: n/a
Thoughts: A couple of years ago I saw bits and pieces of the 1991 film adaption of this play. I don’t remember a lot of it, just that it seemed [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Decades '08, English, Humour, Plays | 1 Comment »