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Shirley Valentine

Willy Russell

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.

“I'm not sayin' she's a bragger, but if you've been to Paradise, she's got a season ticket.”

Willy Russell Shirley Valentine

Shirley, page 37.
Source: Shirley Valentine (1986)

“Well, I flung the window open an' I shouted, "Yes, that's right Millandra – I'm goin' to Greece for the sex; sex for breakfast, sex for dinner, sex for tea, an’ sex for supper." Well, she just ignored me but this little cab driver leans out an' pipes up, "That sounds like a marvellous diet, love." "It is," I shouted back, "have y' never heard of it? It's called the 'F' Plan."”

Willy Russell Shirley Valentine

Shirley, page 40.
Shirley Valentine (1986)

“Marriage is like the Middle East, isn't it? There's no solution.”

Willy Russell Shirley Valentine

Shirley, page 14.
Shirley Valentine (1986)

“She divorced her husband, y' know. I never knew him, it was before I met Jane. Apparently she came back from work one mornin' an' found her husband in bed with the milkman. With the milkman, honest to God. Well, apparently, from that day forward Jane was a feminist. An' I've noticed, she never takes milk in her tea.”

Willy Russell Shirley Valentine

Shirley, page 13.
Shirley Valentine (1986)

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