A Taste of Honey: A New Voice

A teenager revolutionized British theatre in just ten days because she was sick of seeing fake

stories about rich people. Shelagh Delaney was only eighteen when she wrote A

Taste of Honey. Instead of polite drama, she gave us Jo, a working-class

girl with a chaotic mother who abandons her for a boyfriend. Jo gets pregnant by a sailor who

leaves, but finds her only real safety with Geof, a gay art student

who moves in to help her. This play proved that sometimes your soulmate isn't a

romantic partner, but the best friend who stays when everyone else walks out.