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[[image:Girlfriend_in_a_Coma.png|thumb|right|Delaney was featured twice on [[The Smiths|Smiths]] record sleeves. This is the sleeve for their [[1987 in music|1987]] [[single (music)|single]], [[Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma]].]]''Shelagh Delaney'' (b. [[November 25]], [[1939]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent.

Her works include:

*[[A Taste of Honey]]
*[[The Lion in Love]]

Her works have formed the inspiration of several songs written by the British [[singer]]/[[songwriter]] [[Morrissey]], who featured her on the sleeves of the ''[[Louder Than Bombs]]'' [[album]] and ''[[Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma]]'' [[single (music)|single]] by his band, [[The Smiths]].

''A Taste of Honey'' was filmed (1961), with [[Rita Tushingham]], and was the key film which ushered in the [[British new wave]] in cinema.

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[[Category:British dramatists and playwrights|Delaney, Shelagh]]