Miss Delaney brings real people on to her stage...she is busy recording the wonder of life as she lives it'Kenneth Tynan,Observer A Taste of Honey became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958. Now established as a modern classic,this comic and poignant play,by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl,was praised at its London premiere by Graham Greene as having'all the freshness of Mr Osborne's Look Back in Anger and a greater maturity.'It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1962. The play is about the adolescent Jo and her relationship with her irresponsible mum,Helen,the Nigerian sailor who leaves Jo pregnant and Geoffrey,the homosexual art student who moves in to help Jo with the baby. It is also about Jo's unshakeable optimism throughout her trials. This story of a mother and daughter relationship (imitated in many other modern British plays since),set in working-class Manchester,continues to engage new generations of audiences.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408106013Number of pages: 144Weight: 124 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mmEdition: Revised - Revised edition
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'Some of Delaney's themes may feel dated but her writing still glitters dangerously and wittily. A Taste of Honey remains a passionate statement about real people trapped in poverty,deprived of ambition and vulnerable to manipulation by the fickleness of others.'Independent,(19 November 2008)'Brawling,boozing,teenage pregnancy and fractured families: Shelagh Delaney's benchmark drama,first staged by Joan Littlewood in London in 1958,has lost none of its relevance 50 years on... The quirkiness and passion of Delaney's young voice still rings out... It remains passionate and pungent.'The Times,(19 November 2008)'Its raw eloquence,sometimes almost lyrical,its tough,swaggering humour...its frank brutality and unblinking humanity.'Sunday Times,(23 November 2008)
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