Shirley Valentine
By: Willy Russell
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Middle-aged women; Drama; Life change events
Description: First staged in Liverpool in 1986, 'Shirley Valentine' takes the form of a monologue by a middle-aged working-class Liverpool housewife which focuses on her life before and after a transforming Greek holiday. Russell adapted his play for a successful 1989 film version starring Pauline Collins, who had been in the 1988 West End stage production.
Notes: Originally published: in print in Shirley Valentine, and, One for the road. London: Methuen Drama, 1988.