Educating Rita

The Plot This Play is the story about a relationship between two completely different people. Summary Frank, a man with some drinking problems, has agreed to tutor a student from the Open University. He's a former poet, but nowadays he's drinking and going to the pub most of the time. The student he's going to tutor is Rita, a 26-year-old married woman from Liverpool. They like each other right away. Rita's husband, Denny, doesn't like …

…Rita and asks her to accompany him to Australia. But Rita has only regained control of her own life and does not want to be pressed into making any decisions yet. For her, education has been a liberating experience after all. Educating Rita expresses Russell’s resentment towards those who believe that art is only for a highly educated minority. He also attacks the elitism and the “literature industry” such as producers, directors, editors etc.