It’s been almost two months since the last episode of Texting was posted, but Tomek and I are back in the saddle again this week with a discussion of Shelagh Delaney’s 1958 “kitchen sink drama” A Taste of Honey. Tomek read the text of the play itself, I listened to a BBC Saturday Night Theatre radio performance, and we both watched clips from Tony Richardson’s 1961 film. Our conversation touched upon such topics as the influence of Ms. Delaney on Morrissey and The Smiths, the Irish diaspora in England, the Beats of America vs. the Angry Young Men of Britain, the legacy of John Osborne, the Othelloization of black characters like Jimmy/Boy, the theatrical representation of gay characters like Geoffrey, and of course the lovely and genuine people of the North. (Thanks to Steve and Aidan for their reflections on the latter.)
Show Notes
John Bratby keeps it real:
A taste of the film:
A taste of Shelagh:
Musical intertextuality:
The Next Text
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