A Taste of Honey

:This article is about the play, see also A Taste of Honey (band).

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A Taste of Honey is play by British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, first produced in 1958. It confronts a range of social issues — single motherhood, race, sexuality — with a frankness unusual for 1950s Britain. The play and its film adaptation were influential, and indicated changing British attitudes to art and society.

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Shelagh Delaney - 1958

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Set in Northern England, the play tells the story of Jo, a young working class woman forced to leave her mother's house. She finds a room with Geoffrey, a gay acquaintance, and becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Jimmy, a Black sailor. Geoffrey takes the role of the child's father until Jo's mother returns, and the future of her new family is put into question.

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