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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

Lesley Sharp (Helen), Kate O'Flynn (Jo), Eric Kofi Abrefa, Kate Adler, Greg Baxter, Harry Hepple, Dean Lennox Kelly, Miles Mitchell, Mark Rose, Sarah Thom

Creatives/Company

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

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01289307386. Details of all A Taste of Honey archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2429

Archive Listings

3 Jun 14
  to
7 Jun 14
Theatre Royal
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Feb 14
  to
11 May 14
Lyttelton (National Theatre)
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.
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