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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, FRSL''' (born 25 November 1939) is an [[United Kingdom|BritEngland|English]] [[playwright]], best known for her debut work, ''[[A Taste of Honey]]''.

Of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, sShe was born in [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]], [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], she to [[Irish people|Irish]] immigrant parents and attended three different primary schools. After failing the [[Eleven plus exam|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 ''[[Othello]]'' at the age of 12.

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|NAME              = Delaney, Shelagh
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BritEnglish playwright
|DATE OF BIRTH     = 25 November 1939
|PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]], [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]
|DATE OF DEATH     = 
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