abstract:Educating Rita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University lecturer.
Walters, 63, who gained international recognition for her role in EducatingRita in 1983, was presented with her prize by long-time collaborator, Victoria Wood.
Amongst the documents are items relating to early stage productions of EducatingRita and Shirley Valentine, which were both later turned into films, the former starring Julie Walters and Michael Caine and the latter Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.
