A Taste of Honey and the kitchen sink: unmarried pregnancy on the British stage
In short
Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey at 19; the 1958 play, set in the industrial north of England, portrays an illegitimate pregnancy with humour and sadness. Tony Richardson filmed it in 1961. With Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (novel 1958, film 1960), it brought working-class sex and relationships outside marriage into mainstream British culture.
What the full article will cover
- What is A Taste of Honey about?
- Who was Shelagh Delaney?
- What were 'kitchen sink' dramas?
- How did Saturday Night and Sunday Morning portray sex and marriage?
- How did censors and audiences react?
- What is their legacy?
Frequently asked questions
- Where is A Taste of Honey set?
- Who directed the film of A Taste of Honey?
- Who were the 'Angry Young Men'?
- Did the British Board of Film Censors cut these films?
Sources
- britannica.com — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shelagh-Delaney
- britannica.com — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Sillitoe
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