Meera Syal Stars As Shirley Valentine

Willy Russell

Read by Meera Syal

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Meera Syal stars as Shirley Valentine, a character created by acclaimed writer Willy Russell. Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged Liverpool housewife who reveals her innermost thoughts and fears in a manner that is both insouciant and poignant.

Once an incorrigible anti-establishment rebel, Shirley now chafes under the plodding insensitivity of her husband, Joe, and the stultifying pace of her suburban routine. Her life enters a new and exciting phase when, after her best friend, Jane, wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece, Shirley is given the opportunity to travel to faraway places without her husband; she begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.