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[[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 [[25 November 25]], [[1939]]), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]], best known for her debut work, ''[[A Taste of Honey]]''.

Delaney is of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.  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 Shakespe(contracted; show full)

''A Taste of Honey'' was accepted by [[Joan Littlewood]], [[theatre director|artistic director]] of the [[Theatre Workshop]], who strongly believed that plays should be about ordinary people. It opened at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] in [[London]] on [[
27 May 27]], [[1958]], and on [[10 February 10]], [[1959]], transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]], where it enjoyed a long run and won several awards. On [[4 October 4]], [[1960]], the play opened at [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]'s [[Lyceum Theatre]] with a cast including [[Joan Plowright]], [[Angela Lansbury]], and [[Billy Dee Williams]].

Two years later, Delaney co-wrote a screenplay adaptation for the film version, with director [[Tony Richardson]], which starred [[Rita Tushingham]] and [[Dora Bryan]] and won Delaney and Richardson a [[BAFTA Award]] for Best British Screenplay. The film was one of the key films of the [[British New Wave]] of cinema in the [[Sixties]].

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She has one daughter, Charlotte, whose father was Harvey Orkin.  Charlotte was born march 4th 1964, in the lindo wing of St Mary's hospital in London.