& Miss Delaney brings real people on to her stageshe is busy recording the wonder of life as she lives it& Kenneth Tynan Observer A Taste of Honey became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood&s Theatre Workshop in 1958 Now established as a modern classic this comic & poignant play by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl was praised at its London premiere by Graham Greene as having &all the freshness of Mr Osborne&s Look Back in Anger & a greater maturity& It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1962 The play is about the adolescent Jo & her relationship with her irresponsible mum Helen the Nigerian sailor who leaves Jo pregnant & Geoffrey the homosexual art student who moves in to help Jo with the baby It is also about Jo&s unshakeable optimism throughout her trials This story of a mother & daughter relationship (imitated in many other modern British plays since) set in working-class Manchester continues to engage new generations of audiences