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A Taste of Honey archiveJo hasn't had it easy, growing up with a volatile, alcoholic mother, moving from one bed-sit to another. Until Jo meets Jimmie, a black sailor, who she spends the night with while her mum is gallivanting with a younger man. Jo finds out she is pregnant, and with her mother abandoning her, seeks solace with a homosexual friend, Geoffrey, who becomes a leading father figure to Jo. But when Jo's mother reappears, the life that she has so carefully put together for herself starts to fall away again. A Taste of Honey was Shelagh Delaney's first play written when she was 19 years old. The first London production in 1958, won her great critical acclaim and popular success. Two years later Delaney received the Drama Critics' Circle Award for the plays New York City production. It was made into a notable film in 1961. A Taste of Honey was voted joint 50th of the National Theatre's top 100 plays of the millennium.

Cast/Performers

Jodie Prenger (Helen), Liam Bessell (Understudy Peter / Geof), Katy Clayton (Understudy Jo), Gemma Dobson (Jo), Claire Eden (Understudy Helen), Durone Stokes (Jimmie), Stuart Thompson (Geof), Tom Varey (Peter), Marcel White (Understudy Jimmie)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shelagh Delaney
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Bijan Sheibani, Aline David (movement director)
Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)
Music: Paul Englishby

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey (Play) production archive for QTIX code T049728877. Details of all A Taste of Honey archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2429

Archive Listings

5 Dec 19
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29 Feb 20
Trafalgar Theatre
West End, Greater London
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12 Nov 19
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16 Nov 19
Theatre Royal
Norwich, Norfolk
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5 Nov 19
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9 Nov 19
Grand Theatre
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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28 Oct 19
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2 Nov 19
Theatre Royal
Bath, Bath & North East Somerset
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22 Oct 19
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26 Oct 19
Curve
Leicester, Leicestershire
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15 Oct 19
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19 Oct 19
Grand Opera House
Belfast
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7 Oct 19
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12 Oct 19
Richmond Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
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1 Oct 19
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5 Oct 19
Marlowe Theatre
Canterbury, Kent
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24 Sep 19
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28 Sep 19
King's Theatre
Edinburgh
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13 Sep 19
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21 Sep 19
The Lowry
Salford, Greater Manchester
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