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A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
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- Author
- Shelagh Delaney
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd (West End Edition); text copyright Theatre Workshop (Pioneer Theatres Ltd.)
- Year
- 1959
- Edition
- West End Edition, 3s 6d net (Methuen paperback) · not confirmed
- Binding
- Paperback
- Dust jacket
- No
- Condition
- Good
About this copy
Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was still a teenager, and it became one of the most celebrated British plays of the late 1950s. Staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, it brought a raw, working-class Salford world to the London stage with wit, warmth and real honesty. It later became a classic film, and the play remains a staple of the modern British theatre canon.
This is a Methuen West End Edition paperback, priced at 3s 6d net on the front cover. It is a later printing, with the copyright page recording reprints from 1959 and 1960, and it carries the striking black-and-white front cover photograph of the play in performance. A handy, characterful copy of a landmark play.
Condition
- Book
- Good - a sound, tightly bound copy with the cover firmly attached. The bright blue front cover is attractive, with some edge wear and light creasing near the top. The text is clean but has scattered foxing throughout, in keeping with its age.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- Shelagh Delaney's celebrated debut play, first staged by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.
- Published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London, in its West End Edition series.
- A later printing: reprinted with minor corrections 1959, new edition April 1959, reprinted 1959 and 1960.
- Priced 3s 6d net.
A lovely copy, ready for its next reader.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.