Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool. He has worked as a ladies' hairdresser, stacked stockings and cleaned girders, before getting into writing, first as a songwriter then as a playwright. He is the author of many multi-award-winning plays. He and his family live in Liverpool.
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Home Truths (1982)
Educating Rita, Stags and Hens And Blood Brothers (1986)
Shirley Valentine / One for the road (1988)
Plays1: Breezeblock Park, Our Day Out, Stags and Hens, Educating Rita (1996)
Plays 2: Blood Brothers; Our Day Out - the Musical; Shirley Valentine; John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (2016)
Educating Rita, Stags and Hens And Blood Brothers (1986)
Shirley Valentine / One for the road (1988)
Plays1: Breezeblock Park, Our Day Out, Stags and Hens, Educating Rita (1996)
Plays 2: Blood Brothers; Our Day Out - the Musical; Shirley Valentine; John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (2016)
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