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Shirley Valentine

by Willy Russell · 1986

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Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 123 pages
Form
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