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A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney centres on the difficult relationship between troubled teenager Jo, and her selfish mother Helen.

A theme is an idea that runs throughout a text. In A Taste of Honey the themes of the mother and daughter relationship, love and marriage, happiness, darkness and death are explored.

The main characters in A Taste of Honey are Jo, Helen, Geof and Peter. The troubled relationship between Jo and Helen has a negative impact on the lives of other characters in the play.

A Taste of Honey is a play. The dialogue reflects the tense but sometimes humorous exchanges that occur between Jo and Helen whilst the structure of the play is highlighted by the use of music.

A Taste of Honey is set in northern England in the 1950s. It reflects what life was like for many working class people and highlights the fact that society was particularly narrow during this time.

Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey was intended to be performed, rather than read. There are many factors that need to be considered when casting, performing and staging a production of the play.

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