{"product_id":"9781350443662-taste-of-honey","title":"A Taste of Honey","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Student Edition of Shelagh Delaney's 1958 plays offers a contemporary lens on the play and its then-radical exploration of themes including class, race, gender and homosexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelagh Delaney's 1958 play, written when she was only 19, brought the lives and struggles of northern, working-class people onto the stage. Initially dividing the critics - some of whom regarded it as 'immature' - it went on to become one of the most defining plays of the twentieth century.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Student Edition contains a commentary by Hannah Simpson, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which explores the following themes in relation to the play:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- gender roles\u003cbr\u003e- homosexuality\u003cbr\u003e- race\u003cbr\u003e- class\u003cbr\u003e- youth\u003cbr\u003e- 1950s notions of family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition, it looks at the play's production history, different ways it has been staged, and critical reception; the form of the kitchen-sink and drawing-room drama and to what extent the play conforms or disrupts these models; 1950s Britain and what it was like; and the play's ambiguous ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125713092982,"sku":"9781350443662","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34589220.jpg?v=1755071094","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350443662-taste-of-honey","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}