Willy Russell

Willy Russell

  • Submitted By: gamar
  • Date Submitted: 01/02/2010 2:40 PM
  • Category: English
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Willy Russell was born on 23 August 1947, in Whiston Lancashire. He grew up in Knowsley, a model village set in the countryside Liverpool. His best known works are Education Rita, Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers. His first play was “keep your eyes down” which he finished in 1972. Russell like’s to work as a teacher, he work in a really rough school. People in the 70s wore hippie cloths like huge hoop earrings, peace signs shirts, leisure suits, belly bottoms, afros, flowered shirt, and school in 70s and 80s, in the classroom there are individual desks and chairs. There were also blackboard and computer. White board were very rarely used because they came out late in the 70s. Teacher were very strict, they used cane, punishment included, belting with a metre ruler, standing against a wall with a 20 cent piece held up with your nose, holding your arm out wide, lunchtime detentions, chalk thrown at you.80s music would be characterized by widespread use of synthesizers and keyboard, hard rock, heavy metal, big hair bands and glam metal experienced extreme popularity in the 1980s becoming one of the most dominating music genres of the 1980s. Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the Detroit music video began to have a huge effect on the record industry. Pop artists such as Duran Duran, Madonna, Queen and Michael Jackson. Our day out play is set in 1977 in Liverpool but the trip was in Wales. A progress class is where you need the extra help in classes.
Russell present Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay as very different teacher. Mrs Kay is a nice teacher for example she smiles and links her arm with Carol. This shows the audience that she cares for the children. Mrs Kay states “I tried to get the kids to call me Helen one’’. This shows she likes to be friendly with the kids.Mrs Kay takes the progress class out of Liverpool because she want them to have fun and get out of the dirty city. Mr Briggs is a strict teacher he doesn’t like kids for example he...

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