''The Wrong Boy'', published in 2000, is
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
Willy Russell’s first
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
.
Russell is mainly known for his plays ''
Educating Rita'' and ''
Shirley Valentine'' which have both been made into
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
s, and ''
Blood Brothers'', a
musical
Musical is the adjective of music.
Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
.
''The Wrong Boy'', like ''Educating Rita'' & ''
Our Day Out
''Our Day Out'' is a television play about poor children from Liverpool, England. It was written by Willy Russell and first aired on 28 December 1977, at 9:00 p.m. on BBC2. It was later converted into a full length stage musical.
Plot
Th ...
'', is about
education; this time about a teenage boy who falls foul of the
British educational system, and how he eventually ‘makes good’.
[Hickling, Alfred]
"Review. 'The Wrong Boy'"
''The Guardian'', 20 October 2000
References
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2000 British novels
2000 debut novels
Doubleday (publisher) books