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Willy Russell


Born
in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
August 23, 1943

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Drama, Comedy, Literature & Fiction


William Russell is a British dramatist, lyricist, and composer. His best-known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and Blood Brothers.

Willy Russell was born in Whiston, on the outskirts of Liverpool, where he grew up. His parents worked in a book publisher's and often encouraged him to read. After leaving school with one O-level in English, he first became a ladies' hairdresser and ran his own salon. Russell then undertook a variety of jobs, also the first play he wrote was Keep Your Eyes Down Low (1975). His first success was a play about The Beatles called John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert. Originally commissioned for the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool was transferring to the West End in 1974. Educating Rita (1980) concerned a fe ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 15,435 ratings · 980 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
Blood Brothers
3.80 avg rating — 6,913 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
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Educating Rita
3.70 avg rating — 5,080 ratings — published 1980 — 44 editions
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The Wrong Boy
4.12 avg rating — 1,953 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions
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Our Day Out
3.34 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1977 — 22 editions
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Shirley Valentine
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3.80 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 1986 — 28 editions
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Stags and Hens
3.47 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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Two Plays and a Musical: Ed...
4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1986
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Our Day Out and Other Plays
3.43 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions
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One for the Road
3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions
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Plays 1: Breezeblock Park /...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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“One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided.”
― Willy Russell, The Wrong Boy
tags: certainty
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“I'm not sayin' she's a bragger, but if you've been to Paradise, she's got a season ticket.”
― Willy Russell, Shirley Valentine
tags: boasting
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“She divorced her husband, y' know. I never knew him, it was before I met Jane. Apparently she came back from work one mornin' an' found her husband in bed with the milkman. With the milkman, honest to God. Well, apparently, from that day forward Jane was a feminist. An' I've noticed, she never takes milk in her tea.”
― Willy Russell, Shirley Valentine
tags: divorce, feminism, feminist, homosexuality
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