Willy Russell course of Russell’s career and is a comprehensive representation of his work to date. It also illustrates Willy Russell’s collaborative works, both written and musical. In 1969, Russell married Annie Seagroatt; the couple have a son, Rob, and two daughters, Rachel and Ruth . Willy Russell William Russell (born 23 August 1947) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are "Educating Rita", "Shirley Valentine", "Blood Brothers" and "Our Day Out". Russell was born in Whiston in Lancashire. On leaving school, aged 15, he became a ladies' hairdresser eventually running his own salon until the age of
Walter Shirley Shirley Doncaster.He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple and went on the North Eastern circuit. He wrote several papers on legal matters. At the 1885 general election Shirley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster. He was an advanced Liberal. He resigned the seat in February 1888 but died in May that year at the age of 36. In the 1886–87 football season, he became the first president of Doncaster Rovers football club. Walter Shirley Shirley Walter Shirley Shirley (1851 – 1 May 1888) was an English