Shelagh Delaney
(1939-2011), PlaywrightSitter 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.
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x88942
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x88943
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x88944
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x88945
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1959
NPG x30038
by Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, 1962
NPG x131731
by Yevonde
bromide press print, 19 March 1962
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x201373
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