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A Taste of Honey

Name: A Taste of Honey
Author: Shelagh Delaney

Shelagh Delaney,

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A Taste of Honey

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It's chaotic - a bit of love, a bit of lust and there you are. We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us. Written by Shelagh Delaney when she was nineteen, A Taste of Honey is one of the great defining and taboo-breaking plays of the 1950s. When her mother, Helen, runs of with a car salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with a black sailor who promises to marry her before he heads for the seas, leaving her pregnant and alone. Art student Geoff moves in and assumes the role of surrogate parent until misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unravels. A Taste of Honey offers an explosive celebration of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female spirit in a deprived and restless world. Bursting with energy and daring, this exhilarating and angry depiction of harsh, working-class life in post-war Salford is shot through with love and humour, and infused with jazz. The play was first presented by Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal Stratford, London, on 27 May 1958.

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Publisher

Methuen Drama

Year

2014

ISBN

9781472583789

Edition

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

British Drama

Index

Literature

SCENE

II]

A

TASTE

OF

HONEY

87

HELEN:

Where's

my

hat?

jo:

On

your 

head.

HELEN:

Oh

yes

...

I

don't

know 

what's

to

be

done 

with

you,

I

don't

really.

[To

the

audience.}

I

ask

you, 

what 

would

you

do?

jo:

Are

you

going?

HELEN:

Yes.

jo:

Are

you

just 

going

for

a

drink?

HELEN:

Yes.

jo:

Are

you

coming 

back?

HELEN:

Yes.

jo:

Well,

what

are

you

going

to

do?

HELEN:

Put

it

on

the

stage

and

call

it

Blackbird.

[She

rushes

out.]

[jo

watches

her

go,

leaning

against

the

doorpost.

Then

she

looks

round

the

room,

smiling

a

little

to

herself

—

she

remembers

GEOF.]

jo

:

As

I

was

going

up

Pippin

Hill,

Pippin 

Hill

was

dirty.

And

there

I

met

a

pretty

miss,

And

she

dropped

me

a

curtsy.

Little

miss, 

pretty 

miss,

Blessings 

light 

upon 

you.

If

I

had

half

a

crown

a

day,

I'd

gladly 

spend

it

on

you.

Curtain.

This 

page 

intentionally 

left 

blank 

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