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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 - A Taste of Honey – Saccharine it is not!



Unique in its day, A Taste of Honey remains a powerful snapshot of family life. It would be regarded as tame compared to East Enders or Coronation Street. The language is restrained and content implied, so you have to read between the lines but the thought is bold and feelings real.

In a time obsessed with the so-called “modern family” a nineteen year old girl wrote a passionate statement about real people trapped in poverty, deprived of ambition and vulnerable to manipulation by the fickleness of others.

In the idealised world of the 1950s family, everyone but particularly women, could expect both practical support and emotional sustenance, or could they?

Desperately longing to simply be loved, her mother's latest "romance" drives Jo out of their apartment to spend the night with a sailor on a brief shore leave (taboo 1) who happens to be black (taboo 2). When Jo's mother abandons her to move in with her latest lover (taboo 3), Jo finds a job and a room for herself, meets Geoffrey, a shy and lonely homosexual, and allows him to share her flat (taboo 4). When she discovers she is pregnant (taboo 5), Geoffrey, grateful for her friendship, looks after her and even offers marriage. A brief taste of happiness is short-lived for Jo's fickle and domineering mother returns to care for the heavily pregnant Jo and you sense that this attempt at a nurturing mother-daughter relationship won't last a scrap longer than any previous effort (taboo 6).

The youth of the writer and the intensely real back-story of each character, adds to the exhilarating and heart-breaking roller coaster of emotions.

Suitable for age 12 but likely to appeal to age 14+. A Taste of Honey (19th Feb) is presented by Love&Madness Theatre Company in a double date with Romeo & Juliet (18th Feb). Two tales of teenage angst and strong women.


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