English Literature, 20th cent. to the Present: Biographies

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Delaney, Shelagh

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Delaney, Shelagh (1939– ), playwright, is known for A Taste of Honey, written when she was 17. It was presented by Joan Littlewood in 1958 and was hailed as a landmark in the new school of ‘kitchen sink’ realism, a movement partly inspired by reaction against the drawing-room drama of Rattigan and Coward. Subsequent works, written for the cinema and television, include Charley Bubbles (1968) and Dance with a Stranger (1985).

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Shelagh Delaney

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Shelagh Delaney , 1939–, English playwright, b. Salford, Lancashire. Her first play, written when she was only 17, was A Taste of Honey (1958), about a young working-class girl who refuses to conform to her dreary surroundings. It was a critical and popular success and was made into a film. After her second play, The Lion in Love (1960), she turned to writing screenplays, including Charlie Bubbles (1968) and Dance with a Stranger (1985).

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Cancer kills playwright Delaney, 71; PIONEER.(News) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/22/2011
	Inspired by a daughter's bravery; Forty five years after A Taste of Honey,... Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 5/9/2006
	Taste of honey with a new buzz. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/9/2005