What does Educating Rita gain and what does it lose from being a two-handed play?

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Amandeep Ghuman 11Red

Educating Rita

What does "Educating Rita" gain and what does it lose from being a two-handed play?

"Educating Rita", is a two-handed play which only has two characters and one set. "Educating Rita" was written in 1985 by Willy Russell, it looks at how the relationship between two people, Rita and Frank, develops as the play goes on. "Educating Rita" is the story of Rita, a hairdresser who decides to go to University in order to discover who she really is. When she arrives at University she meets Frank, a lazy alcoholic who doesn't really care about being a University lecturer. At first, Frank refuses to teach Rita but he soon finds he has a soft spot for Rita and decides to teach her everything he knows about English Literature. I will be analysing the advantages and disadvantages of "Educating Rita" being two-handed play. I will be referring to the play version and also to the film version of "Educating Rita" to analyse the different gains and losses of the two-handed play.

First of all, I will be looking at the many advantages of "Educating Rita" being a two-handed play. There are