Essays on willy russell

The play ‘Shirley Valentine’ was written by Willy Russell and set in Middle England in the middle 1980’s. During this time England was experiencing great upheaval in both the political and social sphere. Society, during the 80’s, became a place of equal pay for women. The appointment of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister heralded a […]

Willy Russell was born in 1937 in Winston, Lancashire. He grew up in Knowsley’s, a village just outside Liverpool. He described his school, Woodfall secondary as “chaotic, badly run. ” He also attended Rainford Secondary which he left at the age of 15 with no formal qualifications. After school, he worked at a lady hairdresser […]

Willy Russell was born in 1947 in Whiston which is close to Liverpool. Willy Russell had left school with one O-level in English. When Willy Russell had left school, Willy Russell had taken the job of being a hairdresser. Willy Russell had been through a selection of jobs which include writing songs for a local […]

Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool, England, in 1947. Russell has written a string of popular, award-winning plays and musicals, but perhaps one of the most well known is Educating Rita. In this play Willy Russell is very much producing a mirror image of parts of his life. As a child and growing […]