Shirley Valentine Kershaw directed by Glen Walford. Two years later it opened in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Pauline Collins directed by Simon Callow. After eight previews, the Broadway production, with Collins again directed by Callow, opened on 16 February 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 324 performances. Ellen Burstyn replaced Collins later in the run, and Loretta Swit starred in a US national tour in 1995. From 26 March - 8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Meera Syal played Shirley in the production's first London West
Valentine (film) its characters — "Valentine" is a straightforward slasher pic that’s acceptably scary until a weak finale." Maitland McDonagh of "TV Guide" awarded the film one out of five stars, calling the film "A throwback to the formulaic, holiday-themed stalk-and-slash pictures of the early '80s — but why it took four writers to adapt Tom Savage's generic genre novel is thoroughly baffling." At Rotten Tomatoes, an internet review aggregator, the film received an approval rating of 9%, with the general consensus being that ""Valentine" is basically a formulaic throwback to conventional pre-"Scream" slasher flicks. Critics say it doesn't offer enough suspense