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Twentieth century drama Educating Rita In what way is act 1 scene 1 a good introduction to the plays main themes and characters? Educating Rita by Willy Russell was written in 1985, it is a slightly autobiographical account of women's hairdresser, Rita, who joins the Open University to gain the exam results she never got in school. The play takes place in a first floor study of a Victorian built university in the north of England. There she meets Frank, her tutor. Rita and Frank are the main characters and the only ones you see on stage during the course of the play. Frank is shown in act one to be a boring, slightly abusive alcoholic. The scene starts with Frank searching his bookcase for something, pulling books out then replacing them. 'E, e, e... aw yes dickens!' he then pulls out a bottle of whiskey and pours himself a slug into a mug...

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