A Taste of Honey - Methuen Modern Plays

Paperback (01 Jan 1959)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A Taste of Honey became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company. It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1961. The play is about the adolescent Jo and her relationships with those about her - her irresponsible, roving mother Helen and her mum's newly acquired drunken husband, the black sailor who leaves her pregnant and Geoffrey the homosexual art student who moves in to help with the baby. It is also about Jo's unshakeable optimism throughout her trials. This story of a mother and daughter relationship set in working class Manchester continues to enthral new generations of readers and audiences.

Now established as a modern classic, this comic and poignant play by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl was praised at its London premiere in 1958 by Graham Greene as having "all the freshness of Mr Osborne's Look Back in Anger and a greater maturity."

Book information

ISBN: 9780413316806
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.914
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 87
Weight: 88g
Height: 199mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 7mm