Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin
A Taste of Honey the first play by Shelagh Delaney written when she was 19 in 1960.In 1961 Tony Richardson directed the film version with Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin.
It is one of my favourite "kitchen sink" plays/films, another is look Back in Anger by John Osborne. This film A Taste of Honey however has it all, hardship, tenderness, sorrow, hope and making the impossible happen then having it all undone and all this in Black and White!
My favourite scene is the two of them leaping, in silhouette, up in the air calling out "We're unique!" under a railway arch. Gorgeous and so touching.
Morrisey is a big fan of Shelagh Delaney by the way, check out some of his album covers.
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