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Playwright Shelagh Delaney dies, aged 71
Published Monday, Nov 21 2011, 14:03 GMT | By Mayer Nissim | Add comment
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The writer died of cancer at her eastern England home on Sunday night, agent Jane Villiers confirmed to The AP.
Delaney was best known for her controversial 1958 debut play A Taste of Honey.
It was made into a film three years later and Delaney and the director Tony Richardson were awarded a BAFTA and Writer's Guild awards for best screenplay in 1961.
Delaney was a major influence on Morrissey and The Smiths and was chosen by the singer as the cover star for the band's 1987 compilation Louder Than Bombs.
Morrissey's work has contained several direct references to and quotations from Delaney's work.
Watch Ken Russell's BBC film Shelagh Delaney's Salford below:
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