Educating Rita

Frank is a world-weary university professor who has lost his passion for teaching and sometimes shows up to lectures in a drunken state. Rita, an outspoken hairdresser, dreams of transforming her life from the ground up and breaking free from the mundane stereotypes of her world. She enrolls in a distance-learning literature course. Her meeting with Frank initially seems like a clash of two completely different worlds... But how different are they really? And how much are we willing to pay for self-respect? Willy Russell's witty and wise comedy offers far more than answers to these questions.