Setting
Where does 'A Taste of Honey' take place?
Salford, England
Who has a cold at the beginning of the play?
Helen
“I don’t want to be a mother—I don’t want to be a woman!”
Jo
Which class of people does the play primarily focus on?
Working-class people.
Who gives Jo a haircut?
Geof.
In what decade does 'A Taste of Honey' take place?
1950s
Which character wears an eyepatch?
Peter
"Motherhood is supposed to come natural to women."
Geof
What genre of theatre, beginning KS, is 'A Taste of Honey' classified as?
Kitchen Sink Drama
What is Jimmie's role in the Navy?
Nurse.
'White walls, tennis courts' - which location is described in this way?
Peter's house
Name all five characters in the play
Helen, Jo, Peter, Geof, Jimmie.
“You can’t have a baby without a man.”
Helen
Name something that made 'A Taste of Honey' different to other plays at the time.
Delaney was a young / female playwright
Female characters are central to the story
Sympathetic portrayal of black and homosexual characters
Working-class characters / settings
Realistic language
How is Geof affected by discrimination?
His landlady evicts him for being homosexual.
When Jo and Geof come home at the beginning of Act 2, where have they just been?
A fair
Which physical trait did Jo inherit from her father, according to Helen?
His eyes
“Drink, drink, drink—that’s all you’re fit for.”
Jo (to Helen).
Who was Joan Littlewood?
Where does Peter want to go when he asks for directions to the 'smallest room'?
The bathroom / toilet.
Name one thing that can be seen from Jo and Helen's flat.
Gasworks, slaughterhouse, cemetary
What does Geof give Jo to help her practice being a mother?
A baby doll.
“I’ll probably marry him. I suppose I’ll have to.”
Jo
In which year was the play first performed?
1958.
There is a reference to 'number thirty-eight' in the play. To what does this number refer?