{"product_id":"educating-rita-book-willy-russell-9780582331822","title":"Educating Rita","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One way of describing \u003ci\u003eEducating Rita \u003c\/i\u003ewould be to say that it was about the meaning of education . Another would be to say that it was about the meaning of life. A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. A fourth, that it is simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious; a hilarious social documentary; a fairy-tale with a quizzical, half-happy ending.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducating Rita\u003c\/i\u003e, which portrays a working-class Liverpool woman's hunger for education, premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in 1980 and won the SWET award for Best Comedy of the Year. It was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters and won the 1983 BAFTA award for Best Film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommentary and notes by Steve Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49504503136529,"sku":"GOR001523985","price":10.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52696247828753,"sku":"GOR000581649","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/058233182X.jpg?v=1751262082","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/educating-rita-book-willy-russell-9780582331822","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}