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Taste of Honey, A

  • Shelagh Delaney
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1950s
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780413316806

Jo, the teenage heroine who lives in a filthy tenement bedsitter, is deserted by her nagging peroxided mother, who is unaware that her daughter is pregnant by a black sailor.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes
Jo, the teenage heroine who lives in a filthy tenement bedsitter, is deserted by her nagging peroxided mother, who is unaware that her daughter is pregnant by a black sailor.

Jo's greatest fear is that her illegitimate baby might be mentally deficient like her own father. To soothe, clean and cook for her is Geof, an effeminate art student, with whom she makes a temporary home. Bruised by insensitivity and rejection, the boy and girl find a very real comfort in each other.

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Roles for Multicultural Casting, Role(s) for Black Actor(s)

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Taste of Honey, A Script Order Now

Jo, the teenage heroine who lives in a filthy tenement bedsitter, is deserted by her nagging peroxided mother, who is unaware that her daughter is pregnant by a black sailor.

Jo's greatest fear is that her illegitimate baby might be mentally deficient like her own father. To soothe, clean and cook for her is Geof, an effeminate art student, with whom she makes a temporary home. Bruised by insensitivity and rejection, the boy and girl find a very real comfort in each other.

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