A Taste of Honey
- Dates
- Jun 24 – Nov 8, 1981
- Performances
- 157
About
A Taste of Honey is the first play by the English playwright and screenwriter Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was adapted into 1961 film of the same title which won four BAFTAs at the 15th British Academy Film Awards. Set in Salford in North West England, it tells the story of Jo, a working class schoolgirl, and her mother, Helen, who is presented as tarty, foul mouthed and promiscuous. Helen leaves Jo alone in their new flat after she begins a relationship with Peter, a flashy, moneyed "wide boy" who is younger than her. At the same time Jo, who is white, begins a romantic relationship with Jimmy, a black sailor. Despite being only 15, she tells him she is nearly 18 and therefore nearly old enough to marry without parental permission. He proposes marriage but then goes to sea...