"seem recycled directly from greeting cards . . . If there is a shred of plausibility in the film, it comes from Bernard Hill's performance as Shirley Valentine's husband. He isn't a bad bloke, just a tired and indifferent one, and when he follows his wife to Greece at the end of the film there are a few moments so truthful that they show up the artifice of the rest."" Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of"
"relationships. The play borrows from the George Bernard Shaw play ""Pygmalion"", itself based upon archetypes from Greek myth. The play was adapted by Russell for a 1983 film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters, directed by Lewis Gilbert. The play was adapted by Russell for radio in 2009 – see ""Educating Rita (radio play)"". It starred Bill Nighy and Laura Dos Santos directed by Kirsty Williams, and was a 90-minute play broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day 2009. From June–July 2001, the Williamstown Theatre Festival mounted a production of Educating Rita at the Nikos Stage starring Jacqueline McKenzie"
"West End run, the play has been translated and produced in almost every part the globe garnering awards both for its author and for many of the actors who have played the roles of Rita and Frank. Returning to the Liverpool Everyman in 1986, Russell created ""Shirley Valentine"" which went on to an acclaimed West End run, earning Olivier awards for both its author and star, Pauline Collins, before transferring to New York for a highly successful Broadway run and a Tony Best Actress award for Collins. Like the earlier ""Educating Rita"", ""Shirley Valentine"" became an international hit. Both ""Shirley"
"Julie Walters Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950) is an English actress and writer. She is the recipient of four BAFTA TV Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. She has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Walters came to international prominence in 1983, for playing the title role in ""Educating Rita"". It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It also won her a BAFTA and"
"Valentine"" and ""Educating Rita"" became successful feature films with Michael Caine, Julie Walters and Pauline Collins all winning Oscar nominations for their respective roles, as did Russell for his ""Educating Rita"" screenplay. Russell's other worldwide theatrical success has been ""Blood Brothers"", 'a Liverpudlian folk opera' about a pair of twins separated at birth and brought up in completely different environments. ""Blood Brothers"" won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1983 and its 1987 revival saw over 10,000 consecutive performances during its 24-year West End run. Simultaneously, UK touring and international productions (including a two-year run on Broadway)"
"Christine Elise Christine Elise (born February 12, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Emily Valentine in ""Beverly Hills, 90210"" and Kyle in ""Child's Play 2"" (1990), and Cult of Chucky (2017, Cameo, Unrated Version Only). Born Christine Elise McCarthy in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of artists, she graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1983. According to his 2014 book, ""Jason Priestley, A Memoir"", Jason Priestley writes that in 1992, he and Christine lived together and shared their lives for five years. Elise had a recurring role in the final"
"high school students who were graduating. Kit also writes music for himself and the hit group ""Kourtesy"". He considers himself the co-manager of the group, and also has written at least ten songs for the upcoming album. Daniel-Leon Kit Daniel-Leon Kit (born June 14, 1998) is an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, and songwriter, best known as Vincent Ellis Ross, III in """", Walter Rat in the stage play of ""Thumbelina"", and Santa Claus in the musical of ""Santa Dot Claus"". He currently lives in Warner Robins, Georgia. Kit appeared in the 2012 family comedy ""Parental Guidance"". Daniel-Leon Kit was"
"Grant Tilly Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly, (12 December 1937 – 10 April 2012), was a New Zealand stage, movie and television actor, teacher and artist. Tilly was educated in Wellington, taking art at Wellington Technical College in the early 1950s. He then attended teachers college in Wellington and Dunedin, specialising in arts and crafts teaching. He was awarded an overseas bursary and studied children's drama in England during the early 1960s. On his return to New Zealand he tutored drama and later became a senior acting tutor at New Zealand Drama School. In 1976, Tilly helped establish Wellington's Circa Theatre,"
"Henry Gauthier-Villars Henry Gauthier-Villars (8 August 1859 – 12 January 1931) or Willy, his nom-de-plume, was a French fin de siècle writer and music critic who is today mostly known as the mentor and first husband of Colette. Other pseudonyms used by Gauthiers-Villars are: Henry Maugis, Robert Parville, l’Ex-ouvreuse du Cirque d’été, L’Ouvreuse, L’Ouvreuse du Cirque d’été, Jim Smiley, Henry Willy, Boris Zichine. Born on 8 August 1859 in Villiers-sur-Orge, Essonne into a bourgeois Catholic family, he attended the Lycee Fontanes and later the Jesuit Collège Stanislas in Paris. He became fluent in Latin and German. In 1885, he obtained"
"Rio Rita (musical) Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous. It premiered on Broadway on February 2, 1927, at the new Ziegfeld Theatre and, after moving to the Lyric Theatre and Majestic Theatre, closed on April 7, 1928 after 494 performances, a very long run for its time. In Sydney, Gladys Moncrieff appeared in a successful production at the St James Theatre."
"David Henry Wilson David Henry Wilson (born 1937, London) is an English writer. As an author he is best known for his children's stories such as the ""Jeremy James"" series. Wilson has also had a number of plays produced in the United Kingdom, both for children and adults. He is also the author of ""The Coachman Rat"" (1989), a satirical novel based on the Cinderella story. Wilson was educated at Dulwich College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He has lived in France, Ghana, Germany and Switzerland, and for many years was a lecturer at the universities of Bristol and Konstanz (where"
"Dolly Walker-Wraight Annie Doris (""Dolly"") Walker-Wraight (24 April 1920 in Java – 15 February 2002) was a British school teacher and writer, notable for her support of Marlovian theory, the view that Christopher Marlowe was the true author of Shakespeare's works. She married Robert Wraight in 1940 (they divorced in 1963). She earned the Froebel Teachers Diploma in 1958 and worked as a teacher at Dulwich College Preparatory School (1961–1967; 1975–1983) and at the William Tyndale Junior School in Islington, London, (1969–1974). She played a significant role at the start of the educational scandal at the William Tyndale, which culminated"
"a fan of cricket and classical music and also enjoys rugby. His youngest child, J.J. Amaworo Wilson is an American-based author whose magical realist novel ""Damnificados"" is an award winner. David Henry Wilson David Henry Wilson (born 1937, London) is an English writer. As an author he is best known for his children's stories such as the ""Jeremy James"" series. Wilson has also had a number of plays produced in the United Kingdom, both for children and adults. He is also the author of ""The Coachman Rat"" (1989), a satirical novel based on the Cinderella story. Wilson was educated at"
"Gillian Bailey Gillian Bailey or Gilli Bush-Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London) is a British academic and former actress. She was mainly known as a child actress. Her best-known role was as Billie in ""Here Come the Double Deckers"" (1970–71). Other roles included Phyllis in a television version of ""The Railway Children"" (1968), Janey in ""The Witch's Daughter"" (1971), and Callie in ""Follyfoot"" (1971–73). She was less prominent as an adult, although she remained working being cast in roles such as Jinny Carter in series 1 of ""Poldark"" (1975), Ravella in the first episode of ""Blake's 7"" (1978),"
"Beverly and Tony had actually dated in the 50's and, like the characters in the play, had a history and friendship that has survived the many years. The play was directed by Adam Reeves and produced by R&R Stage and Screen at the Rheem Theatre in Moraga, CA. On November 10, 2016, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks performed ""Love Letters"" at Stanford University for a fundraiser for the arts. On June 2, 2018, Dan Lauria and Wendie Malick performed the play at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire for a fundraiser for the Front Door Agency, a transitional housing"
"a play by Eileen Atkins, created from the love letters between Sackville-West and Woolf. The play was first performed in London in October 1993 and off Broadway in November 1994. Vita Sackville-West Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. She was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature:"
"Wilt (novel) Wilt is a comedic novel by Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976. Later editions were published by Pan Books, and Overlook TP. The novel was immensely popular and a bestseller, although not liked by everyone. Its success let to the author writing several sequels. Henry Wilt is a demoralized and professionally under-rated assistant lecturer who teaches literature to uninterested construction apprentices at a community college in the south of England. Years of henpecking and harassment by his physically powerful but emotionally immature wife Eva leave him with dreams of killing her in various gruesome"
"Crawford - a young gay outcast who is desperately in love with Jim Jane ""Kimberly"" Willis - a young gay outcast who is desperately in love with Judy Stupid Kids Stupid Kids is a play by John C. Russell (1963–1994), first published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. of New York, and first performed in 1991. Very similar in tone, plot, and characters to the film Rebel Without a Cause, the play follows four students at Joe McCarthy High. Subsequent to its New York run, it played in Seattle and Boston and was well-reviewed by Curtain-Up. Jim has a crush on"
"the West End where it ran for over a year, winning the Evening Standard and London Theatre Critics awards for the best musical of 1974. It premiered at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and then transferred to the Lyric Theatre in the West End in 1974. Alongside further stage works, ""One for the Road"" (1976) and ""Stags and Hens"" (1978), Russell was an accomplished screenwriter with television films, ""Death of A Young Young Man"", ""Daughters of Albion"", ""Our Day Out"" and ""One Summer"". Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ""Educating Rita"" is now a modern classic. Since its premiere and long"
"remained so until Ockrent's death from leukemia in New York in 1999. A charitable trust now exists in his name. The trust aims to give access to theatre for children with cancer, involving nights at the theatre with visits backstage afterwards. It also funds leukaemia research, ""both mainstream and 'alternative'"". Mike Ockrent Mike Ockrent (18 June 1946 – 2 December 1999) was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing ""Educating Rita"", ""The Nerd"" and ""Follies"", he became an established figure in London theatre. In 1986"
"Mike Ockrent Mike Ockrent (18 June 1946 – 2 December 1999) was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing ""Educating Rita"", ""The Nerd"" and ""Follies"", he became an established figure in London theatre. In 1986 he made a successful transition to New York City with ""Me and My Girl"" that earned several Tony Award nominations. In later life Ockrent worked in film, mainly straight-to-TV movies. In 1992 Ockrent worked with Susan Stroman on ""Crazy for You"" and other productions. They were married in 1996 and"
"to the Young Vic. The RSC went on to stage numerous acclaimed productions, both original and transfers from The Other Place, Stratford. In 1980 nearly all the RSC company were involved in ""Nicholas Nickleby"" so a new two hander was found from the pile of submitted scripts. ""Educating Rita"", with Julie Walters and Mark Kingston directed by Mike Ockrent, went on to be one of the RSC's biggest successes. From 1983 to 1989 it came under the artistic directorship of Nica Burns. In 1990, Roger Wingate was responsible for the acquisition of the Donmar Warehouse. He completely rebuilt and re-equipped"
"has also designed and directed several international tours including ""The Big Day"" in Sofia, Qatar and Dubai as well as ""Educating Rita"" in Kuala Lumpur. In 2004 he took a production of ""Shirley Valentine"" to Karachi to help raise money for a new school. He has been a theatre reviewer for ""The Stage"" newspaper since 2006 and is guest speaker at film conventions in Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Bottrop, Münster, Orlando, Boston, London and New York. Simon Bamford Simon Bamford (born 22 May 1961 in Bedford) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is well known for playing the"
"at Brooklyn College. Their daughter Krishna Winston is also a translator. Both also wrote works of their own. Richard authored ""Charlemagne: From the Hammer to the Cross"" (1954) and ""Thomas Becket"" (1967), and Clara wrote the novels ""The Closest Kin There Is"" (1952), ""The Hours Together"" (1962), and ""Painting for the Show"" (1969). Together, they also wrote ""Notre-Dame De Paris"" (1971). Richard and Clara Winston Richard Winston (1917 – December 22, 1979) and Clara Brussel Winston (1921 – November 7, 1983), were prominent American translators of German works into English. Richard and Clara were both born in New York and"
"Malraux: A Study of a Novelist"". She emigrated to the United States after marrying, and taught at Northeastern University, Wellesley, Harvard, and Yale, where she was a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College and director of the Women's Studies Program. Gillian Gill Gillian Catherine Gill (born June 12, 1942) is a Welsh-American writer and academic who specializes in biography. She is the author of ""Agatha Christie"" (1990), ""Mary Baker Eddy"" (1998), ""Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale"" (2004), and ""We Two: Victoria and Albert, Rulers, Partners, Rivals"" (2009). Gill (née Scobie) was born in Cardiff, Wales."
"Georges Vitaly Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko, (15 January 1917 – 2 January 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager. The son of immigrants from the Russian revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 1947, he won the concours des jeunes compagnies with ""Le Mal court"" by Jacques Audiberti with Suzanne Flon. In 1947 he founded the Théâtre de la Huchette which he directed until 1952. Then, from 1954 to 1970, he was director of the Théâtre La Bruyère, in Paris. From 1970 to 1975, he was director of the Maison de la culture"
"volume with five other Shirley dramas, published by Humphrey Moseley and Humphrey Robinson in 1653 and titled ""Six New Plays"". In that volume, the play is dedicated to William Paulet, esq., and is preceded by verses written by Shirley in praise of Shakespeare, Fletcher, and Jonson. The play was revived in the Restoration era by Sir Thomas Killigrew and his King's Company, c. 1668–70. The copy of the play that served as the production's prompt book has survived, in the collection of Sion College. It is a copy of the 1653 ""Six New Plays"", though only the text of ""The"
"an ""icon"" in the horror film community for her portrayal of Tiffany Valentine in the ""Child's Play"" franchise (1998–2017). Tilly was the recipient of a Theatre World Award in 1993 for her performance in the Off-Broadway play ""One Shoe Off"". Her other stage credits include the Broadway revivals of ""The Women"" (2001) and ""Don't Dress for Dinner"" (2012). Tilly was born Jennifer Ellen Chan in Harbor City, Los Angeles. She is the first daughter of Harry Chan, a used car salesman, and Patricia (née Tilly), a Canadian schoolteacher and former stage actress. Her father was of Chinese descent and her"
"the play. William Webbe William Webbe (fl. 1568–1591) was an English critic and translator. Little is known about him except that he attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a tutor for distinguished families. He wrote a ""Discourse of English Poetrie"" (1586), in which he discusses prosody and reviews English poetry up to his own day. He also translated Virgil's first two ""Eclogues."" A letter by Webbe to Robert Wilmot (fl. 1568–1608) is prepended to the 1591 edition of Wilmot's play ""Tragedie of Tancred and Gismund"". The letter, praising Wilmot for having decided to publish the tragedy, acts as a prefacing"
"Bryant. Susan (who initially calls herself Rita), dissatisfied with the routine of her work and social life, seeks inner growth by signing up for and attending an Open University course in English Literature. The play opens as 'Rita' meets her tutor, Frank, for the first time. Frank is a middle-aged, alcoholic career academic who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drink. The two have an immediate and profound effect on one another; Frank is impressed by Susan's verve and earnestness and is forced to re-examine his attitudes and position in life; Susan finds Frank's tutelage opens doors"
"The Witty Fair One The Witty Fair One is a Caroline era stage play, an early comedy by James Shirley. Critics have cited the play as indicative of the evolution of English comic drama from the humors comedy of Ben Jonson to the Restoration comedy of Wycherley and Congreve, and the comedy of manners that followed. The play was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 3 October 1628. It was acted by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre, as were most of Shirley's plays in this era. It was first published in"
"NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) and Northwestern University (MFA), Witt is currently an Associate Professor of Directing at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Witt is the daughter of American television and theater actor Howard Witt and the great-niece of Sarah Schectman Zelzer, author of ""Impresario: The Zelzer Era, 1930-1990."" She is from Chicago, Illinois. Robin Witt Robin Witt is an American theater director. She is an ensemble member at both the Griffin Theatre and Steep Theatre in Chicago. Witt's notable productions include Enda Walsh's ""The New Electric Ballroom"" at A Red Orchid Theatre, Dennis Kelly's ""Love and"
"in 1947; and ""Timon of Athens"" in 1948. The classical scholar William Francis Jackson Knight (1895–1964), of whom he wrote a biography, was his brother. Knight was a believer in spiritualism and was a vice-president for the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain. G. Wilson Knight George Richard Wilson Knight (1897–1985) was an English literary critic and academic, known particularly for his interpretation of mythic content in literature, and ""The Wheel of Fire"", a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays. He was also an actor and theatrical director, and considered an outstanding lecturer. He was educated at Dean Close School and"