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Film details
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United Kingdom
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Year
1961
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Dora Bryan gives an uproarious turn as Jo’s impossible mam, with Robert Stephens as the shabby suitor. Tushingham’s performance and lovely, open face are still a tonic.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2002
Resilient working-class heroine Jo flees her uncaring single mother and gets pregnant by a black sailor. She seeks solace from another social outsider, a meek gay textile student. A Taste of Honey was adapted by Shelagh Delaney from her first play, written while she was still in her teens.
If the then-daring subject matter suggests an issue-led drama urging moral tolerance, director Tony Richardson’s treatment is more a matter of poetic realism, highlighting sensitive changes of mood and emotion against a backdrop of grimly authentic Salford locations. Social attitudes may have moved on since 1961, but wide-eyed Rita Tushingham’s affecting central performance remains a delight.
A sensation by the age of 21, playwright Shelagh Delaney went on to have a fitful screenwriting career, notable scripts including Charlie Bubbles (1967) and Dance with a Stranger (1985).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Jo
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Helen
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Geoffrey
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Peter
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Jimmy
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Bert
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Doris
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shoe shop proprietor
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customer
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nurse
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Gladys
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school mistress
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[five-year-old in her mother's shoes]
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[Third Assistant Director]
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Original play
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