Tony Richardson's 1961 take on Shelagh Delaney's kitchen-sink drama of schoolgirl pregnancy is a travesty. Delaney wrote her play at 18, but its sweet sadness?heroine Jo's taste of honey is brief indeed?is obliterated by the director's clumping Brit-new-wave clich...
Tony Richardson’s 1961 take on Shelagh Delaney’s kitchen-sink drama of schoolgirl pregnancy is a travesty. Delaney wrote her play at 18, but its sweet sadness?heroine Jo’s taste of honey is brief indeed?is obliterated by the director’s clumping Brit-new-wave clich