Shelagh Delaney
English dramatist and screenwriter (1938-2011) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
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.
Shelagh Delaney is read about 87 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
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Tony Richardson Directed A Taste of Honey (1961)- Lindsay Anderson Directed The White Bus and Red, White, and Zero
Peter Brook Directed Red, White, and Zero (1968)
Mike Newell Directed Dance with a Stranger (1985)- Barry Evans Shelagh wrote The White Bus (1968)
- Michael Medwin Produced Charlie Bubbles (1968)
John Sharp Also in The White Bus and Red, White, and Zero
Stephen Moore Also in The White Bus and Red, White, and Zero
Patricia Healey Also in The White Bus and Red, White, and Zero
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
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.
