A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey DVD Cover
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Produced by	Tony Richardson
Written by	Shelagh Delaney (play and screenplay) Tony Richardson (screenplay)
Starring	Dora Bryan Robert Stephens Rita Tushingham
Music by	John Addison
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date(s)	September, 1961 UK release
Running time	UK:117 min
Language	English
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This article is about the play and the film based on it, for other meanings see A Taste of Honey (disambiguation).

A Taste of Honey is the first play by British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written at the age of 19. First produced at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1958, it transferred to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End the following year. One of the "kitchen sink" plays (the first of which was Look Back in Anger by John Osborne) that at the time were revolutionizing English theater, it confronts a range of social issues — single motherhood, race, sexuality — from a female point-of-view and with frankness, both unusual for 1950s Britain. The play and its film adaptation were influential in changing the public's attitude towards art and society. Image File history File links ATasteofHoneyDVD.jpg A Taste of Honey This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 - November 14, 1991) was a British theatre and film director and producer. ... Delaney was featured twice on Smiths record sleeves. ... Dora Bryan (born Dora Mary Broadbent on February 7, 1924) is a British actress, a household name with a huge list of films to her credit. ... Sir Robert Stephens (July 14, 1931 – November 12, 1995) was a leading actor in the early years of Britains Royal National Theatre. ... Rita Tushingham, born 14 March 1940 in Liverpool, is an English actress. ... John Addison (1920-1998) was a British composer. ... British Lion Films Corporation is a film production and distribution company active under several forms since 1919. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A Taste of Honey can refer to:- A Taste of Honey, a play and a film based on it, A Taste of Honey (band), a band, A Taste of Honey (song), a song. ... Delaney was featured twice on Smiths record sleeves. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wyndhams Theatre Wyndhams Theatre is one of two theatres opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (cp Criterion Theatre). ... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... Kitchen sink realism was a recognisable English cultural movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... Look Back in Anger (1956) is a John Osborne play and 1958 movie about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man, his middle-class, impassive wife, her snooty best friend and an amiable Welsh lodger. ... John James Osborne (December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright. ...

Set in Northern England, the play tells the story of Jo, a 17-year-old working class girl whose mother, a crude, sexually indiscriminate slob, abandons her after finding a rich and considerably younger lover. She finds a room with Geoffrey, a gay acquaintance, and becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Jimmy, a black sailor. Geoffrey assumes the role of father until Jo's mother returns, when the future of her new family is put into question. The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... For other articles with similar names, see Gay (disambiguation). ...

On October 4, 1960, the play opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre with a Tony Richardson-directed cast headed by Joan Plowright (playing young Jo at 30) Angela Lansbury (portraying her mother at only four years older than Plowright) and Billy Dee Williams. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... The Lyceum Theatre is a theatre on Wellington Street near Covent Garden in the West End of London. ... Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 - November 14, 1991) was a British theatre and film director and producer. ... Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE (born October 28, 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. ... Angela Lansbury (right) with Bea Arthur at the 1989 Emmy Awards. ... Williams as Lando Calrissian in George Lucas The Empire Strikes Back Billy Dee Williams (born William December Williams Jr. ...

The 1961 film adaptation, co-written by Delaney and Richardson (who again directed), featured Rita Tushingham as Jo (aged a more plausible 21) Dora Bryan as her mother, Murray Melvin as Geoffrey, and Paul Danquah as Jimmy. It won four BAFTA awards: Richardson won Best British Screenplay (with Delaney) and Best Film, Bryan won Best Actress and Tushingham was named Most Promising Newcomer. Tushingham and Melvin were Best Actress and Actor at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In America the film won Tushingham a 1963 Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer and Richardson a Directors Guild of America award. See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Rita Tushingham, born 14 March 1940 in Liverpool, is an English actress. ... Dora Bryan (born Dora Mary Broadbent on February 7, 1924) is a British actress, a household name with a huge list of films to her credit. ... Murray Melvin (born 1932, London, England) is a British stage and film actor. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... DGA Headquarters in Hollywood, California Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. ...

The film's title song, written by "Bobby" Scott and Ric Marlow, has been recorded by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, and Tommy Emmanuel, among others. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass debut album, The Lonely Bull. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool. ... Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretative singers in these genres. ... Tommy Emmanuel, CGP (born May 31, 1955) is an Australian guitarist, best known for his fingerpicking style. ...

The play was admired by Morrissey of the band The Smiths, who used Delaney's photo on the album cover artwork for Louder Than Bombs. Another photo of Shelagh Delaney appears on the cover for their song, "Girlfriend in a Coma". An earlier Smiths song, "This Night Has Opened My Eyes," is based on Delaney's story and includes Geoffrey's line to Jo near the end of the play, "the dream has gone but the baby is real." Other quotations and near-quotations appear in several other Smiths and Morrissey songs.[1] Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is a singer and songwriter from Manchester, England. ... Smiths redirects here. ... Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by The Smiths. ... Girlfriend in a Coma is a song by The Smiths. ...

External links

• A Taste of Honey at the Internet Movie Database