A Taste of Honey
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A Taste of Honey is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was adapted into an award-winning film of the same title in 1961.
"Methuen's Modern Plays" 1959 paperback front cover
Angela Lansbury (left) as Helen with Joan Plowright (right) as Jo in the original Broadway production of A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
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Shelagh Delaney FRSL was an English dramatist and screenwriter. Her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958), has been described by Michael Patterson as "probably the most performed play by a post-war British woman playwright".
Shelagh Delaney