Shelagh Delaney | |
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| Born | Sheila Mary Delaney[1] 25 November 1938[2] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 20 November 2011 (aged 72) Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1958–2011 |
| Literary movement | Kitchen sink realism |
| Notable works | A Taste of Honey, The White Bus, Charlie Bubbles, Dance with a Stranger |
| Children | 1 |
Shelagh Delaney FRSL (/ˈʃiːlə dəˈleɪniː/; 25 November 1938[2] – 20 November 2011)[3] was an English dramatist and screenwriter. Her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958), has been described by Michael Patterson as "probably the most performed play by a post-war British woman playwright".[4]
- ^ Coatman, Anna (1 November 2019). "Angry young woman". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b Weber, Bruce (24 November 2011). "Shelagh Delaney, Author of the Play 'A Taste of Honey', Dies at 72". The New York Times. The correct year was provided by Delaney's daughter.
- ^ Writer Shelagh Delaney dies at 72[permanent dead link], thenewstribune.com, 21 November 2011; accessed 10 June 2014.
- ^ Patterson, Michael (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of Plays. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-19-860417-4. Also reproduced at "A Taste of Honey". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 3 October 2019.