Shirley valentine by Willie Russell.

... Adam Bowen GCSE Literature Coursework: Twentieth century drama -- Shirley valentine by Willie Russell Shirley Valentine is a romantic comedy, set in Liverpool, about a woman a called (Surprisingly) Shirley Bradshaw. She is married to a man called Joe. When Joe and Shirley were married, they loved each other passionately, but as the years went on her life became a monotonous routine of washing up plates, glasses and dishes and making meals for her husband. She has resorted to talking to the kitchen wall because she is so bored. Shirley though, can never remember the exact point in which her lovely marriage turned into a horrible nightmare. Her marriage becomes so routine that Joe eats particular meals on particular days and if he does not get them on the write allocated days he gets very upset! Things take an unexpected turn in Shirley's boring life when her feminist 'all men are potential rapists'

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