Willy Russell

Written by Liverpuddlian Willy Russell, author of Educating Rita� and Blood Brothers, Shirley Valentine� opened in the West End in 1988 and had a six month run on Broadway the following year, where Broadway was nominated for the Tony for Best Play and won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for Pauline Collins.

by Willie Russell

Shirley Valentine, one of my all time favourites was written by Willie Russell.

a play by Willy Russel that was later adapted into an iconic 1980s film

Shirley Valentine is a play by Willy Russel that was later adapted into an iconic 1980s film.

as a one-person play in the form of a monologue by writer Willy Russel

Shirley Valentine, One for the Road was originally penned as a one-person play in the form of a monologue by writer Willy Russel.

a six month run the following year, where Broadway was nominated for the Tony for Best Play and won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for Pauline Collins on Broadway

Written by Liverpuddlian Willy Russell, author of Educating Rita� and Blood Brothers, Shirley Valentine� opened in the West End in 1988 and had a six month run on Broadway the following year, where Broadway was nominated for the Tony for Best Play and won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for Pauline Collins.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre later wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853).

an influential piece of theatre, that does wonders in capturing the story of a woman who decides to abandon passivity to fight for Joan Didion's own self-worth

And find herself Joan Didion does… Shirley Valentine is an influential piece of theatre, that does wonders in capturing the story of a woman who decides to abandon passivity to fight for Joan Didion's own self-worth.

Jean Wilde

or so you come across a performance where there is no other way to describe no other way – Jean Wilde is Shirley Valentine.

a one-character play by Russell

Shirley Valentine was a one-character play by Russell.

by Charlotte Bronte

Shirley is a classic social novel written by Charlotte Bronte.