Spicezee Bureau

Los Angeles, Aug 25: Those who know much about the film version of ‘Educating Rita’ may not be aware that Willy Russell`s Oscar-nominated screenplay began as a two-person play, first produced in 1980 by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Bjorn Johnson and Rebecca Mozo starrer ‘Educating Rita’ would have its current production of ‘Rita’ at the Colony. It is known to be the first American production of Russell`s recently updated stage version. Just what has been updated is what one can look forward to in the play that is scheduled to be staged soon at Colony Theatre.

The playwright Russell’s plays include "Rita" and "Shirley Valentine," comedies that majorly focus on lower-class protagonists who escape their grinding lots and venture, into the wider world.