Shirley Valentine by Russell, Willy - 1994

London: Laughing Stock, 1994 2 audio casseettes playing time 90 minutes Read by creator Willy Russell " This unique recording .is followd by an informal 'interview' of Willy Russell in conversation with . Roger McGough. Shirley Valentine, 42-year-old put-upon mother and housewife, leaves the drudgery of cooking dinner for her husband, packs her bags and heads for the sun. The note on the kitchen table reads "Gone to Greece back in two weeks." "It is a simple and brilliant idea the profound and perennial point of the comedy is the problem we seem to have contemplating the idea of a woman alone - in a pub, on a beach, in a restaurant. This is what Shirley learns to combat as she unravels her own sexual and social identity. . First Thus. Boxed Set. Very Good. AUDIO BOOK ON CASSETTE.