A Taste Of Honey Monologue |best| -

The tone is rarely overtly dramatic or screaming. Instead, it is often dry, sarcastic, or quiet. It is the voice of someone who has had to grow up too fast.

The best part? I drew a picture of a house this morning. A little house. With a garden. And a washing line. Me. Jo. Drawing a house. I must be going soft in the head. My mother would frame it. Then she’d use it to light the fire. a taste of honey monologue

Jo often speaks about her life with a sense of weariness that belies her age. She is an artist, yet she refuses to pursue a conventional, structured life, preferring a harsh reality she can at least control. A monologue exploring this theme often shows Jo acknowledging that her life has very little "honey"—or sweetness—in it. 2. Contempt and Need for Helen The tone is rarely overtly dramatic or screaming

Jo is from Salford, near Manchester. Do not attempt a generic "Northern" accent or a cockney accent. The Lancashire inflection is flat and musical. Dropping the 'h' ("'ave" instead of "have") and using glottal stops is essential. If you can't do the accent cleanly, drop it entirely. A fake accent is worse than a neutral one. The best part

In the context of 1950s British theatre (Kitchen Sink Realism), this speech is revolutionary. Working-class women were rarely given voices that expressed such fierce, albeit fragile, independence. Jo is not a wife, a mother, or a prop; she is a survivor.

(Long pause. She lights another cigarette from the stub of the first.)