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Shelagh Delaney

(1939-2011), Playwright

Sitter in 10 portraits
Delaney's first play, A Taste of Honey (1958), premiered at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East and then transferred to the West End. The film (1961), which Delaney scripted with Tony Richardson, starring Rita Tushingham, won four Baftas. Her second play The Lion in Love, which also took inspiration from her working class upbringing, was staged at the Royal Court in 1960. Delaney's defiance of social and sexual convention and her humorous female viewpoint brought a new voice to the British stage.

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Shelagh Delaney, by Arnold Newman - NPG P45

Shelagh Delaney

by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1961
NPG P45

Shelagh Delaney, by Daniel Farson - NPG x25201

Shelagh Delaney

by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1959
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x25201

Shelagh Delaney, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30038

Shelagh Delaney

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1959
NPG x30038

Shelagh Delaney, by Yevonde - NPG x131730

Shelagh Delaney

by Yevonde
black and white reprint, 1962
NPG x131730

Shelagh Delaney, by Yevonde - NPG x131731

Shelagh Delaney

by Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, 1962
NPG x131731

Shelagh Delaney, by Yevonde - NPG x201373

Shelagh Delaney

by Yevonde
bromide press print, 19 March 1962
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x201373

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