Shirley Valentine

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to her the fulfillment of the long cherished dream to drink a glass of wine in the land where the grape grows.
As she knows that her family would try to talk her out of her plan, she does her shopping and packing secretly, looking forward to a few days away from home but also fearing that she can not hold her own in the world on the other side of the kitchen wall.
However, her weak self confidence is quickly strengthened when her friend leaves her on the first day of their vacation because of a Greek beau. Alone in a foreign country she notices that she needs not to be afraid of being alone because she is "an expert at it." And she also handles the other problems of every day life, like ordering a glass of Retsina or digesting a squid with comparative nonchalance. In an affectionate though little serious affair she finds new energy and in the picturesque Greek landscape the peace she has longed for. Like all plays by Willy Russell demonstrates the attempt of a member of the ...

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