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Shelagh Delaney

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English dramatist and screenwriter (1938-2011)

United KingdomWritersLived 1938 to 2011 · aged 72
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Shelagh Delaney FRSL was an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958), has been described as "probably the most performed play by a post-war British woman playwright". Its 1961 film adaptation won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.

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1985Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Colin BlakelyAlso in Charlie Bubbles (1968)Stephen MooreAlso in Red, White, and Zero (1968)Dora BryanAlso in A Taste of Honey (1961)David TroughtonAlso in Dance with a Stranger (1985)Michael MedwinAlso in Charlie Bubbles (1968)Murray MelvinAlso in A Taste of Honey (1961)

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Shelagh Delaney FRSL was an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958), has been described as "probably the most performed play by a post-war British woman playwright". Its 1961 film adaptation won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. She also wrote the BBC series The House That Jack Built (1977), radio plays and a collection of short stories. Delaney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1985.

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2011 · aged 72
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16 languages

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