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Shelagh Delaney
[[Image:Girlfriend in a Coma.png|thumb|right|Delaney was featured twice on [[The Smiths|Smiths]] record sleeves, including this one for their 1987 single, "Girlfriend in a Coma."]]
'''Shelagh Delaney''' (born [[November 25]], [[1939]]), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent,  best known for her debut work, ''A Taste Of Honey''.

Born in [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]], [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]], she attended three different primary schools. After failing the eleven-plus examination to qualify for grammar school, she went to Broughton Secondary School, where she saw her first stage production, an amateur performance of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Othello]]''. She was twelve at the time and the play made a(contracted; show full)|DATE OF DEATH     = 
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:British dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:People of Irish descent in Great Britain]]⏎
[[Category:People from Broughton]]

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