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A sensational theatrical success in London, A Taste of Honey was written by Shelagh Delaney at the age of 18. The play prompted Graham Greene to say that it had "all the freshness of Mr. Osborne's Look Back In Anger and a greater maturity." A Taste of Honey won Miss Delaney two... Read Full Overview

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. Set in the 1950s, "A Taste of Honey" deals with the complex, conflict-ridden relationship between a teenage girl... Read Full Overview

It's chaotic -- a bit of love, a bit of lust and there you are. We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.