posted by davidt on Friday October 07 2005, @10:00AM
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Theatre: A Taste of Honey - The Herald

Mark Fisher

Until Sat Oct 8, 7.30pm, Citizens' Theatre, Gorbals Street, Glasgow, £14 (£6), 0141 429 0022

Spot the Morrissey quotes as TAG theatre company gives an airing to Shelagh Delaney's classic 1950s drama, a play much loved by the early Smiths. And with good justification. Written in 1958, before Delaney was even 20, A Taste of Honey came to be regarded as an icon of the decade, creating a vision of working-class Manchester life that has lost none of its sparkle.

It tells the story of teenager Josephine and her love-hate relationship with her mother, exacerbated when the girl becomes pregnant by a black serviceman. Delaney captures their wickedly funny banter and a sense of the poverty, sexual repression and racism of the era.

After Glasgow, the play goes on tour; call 0141 552 4949 or see www.tag-theatre.co.uk
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  • It is a pity, in times like this, that Boston isn't in England. But I will get a DVD and watch it. I am extremely fond of movies in this era - whether they are French, English, or American. I am happy Moz is too, and if anyone else around here is, let me know! My brain is a cluttered cinemathèque right now, so it could play to you for ever!
    Mrs. Woolf -- Friday October 07 2005, @05:47PM (#180975)
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  • Just something else, before I go to the kitchen; is there anyway that a London spot could organise a film event which would display all the movies that influenced Morrissey's songwriting. The idea may sound quixiotic - but that would make me face any fog, and go!
    Mrs. Woolf -- Friday October 07 2005, @05:52PM (#180976)
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    • Re:A suggestion by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday October 08 2005, @02:33AM
      • The fog by Mrs. Woolf (Score:1) Saturday October 08 2005, @05:18AM
        • Re:The fog by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday October 08 2005, @05:22AM
        • Re:The fog by A Furtive Nudist (Score:1) Tuesday October 11 2005, @03:33PM
  • anyone know where this could be read online?
    (a taste of honey, that is.)
    Anonymous -- Monday October 10 2005, @12:00PM (#181156)
  • Does anyone know if it will be played in Ireland???
    Oliver Cromwell -- Monday October 10 2005, @12:22PM (#181158)
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