A Taste of Honey Playwright Shelagh Delaney Dies at Age 71
British playwright and screenwriter Shelagh Delaney, best known for her highly influential 1958 debut play A Taste of Honey, died at her daughter’s home in eastern England on November 20. She was 71 years old. The cause was cancer. Delaney was just 19 years old when A Taste of Honey was first performed on May 27, 1958 at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. It went on to transfer to the West End …