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Shelagh Delaney was born November 25, 1939, in Salford, Lancashire,England. er fa!her, a b"s ins#ec!or, and her mo!her were #ar! of !heEnglishwor$ing class, !he social gro"# !ha! informs of her wri!ing.

race, illegitimacy, homosexuality

Delaney fel! !ha!she co"ld wri!e a be!!er #lay, wi!h more realis!ic dialog"e, !han !he #lays!ha! werec"rren!ly being s!aged. %& 'as!e of oney( became an "ne)#ec!ed hi!,winningseveral awards bo!h as a #lay and la!er as a *lm.. +++

n many cases, her charac!ers were#raised for !heir hones!, realis!ic voices. 'he #lay was also singled o"! fori!sacc"ra!e de#ic!ions of working class lives . Delaney believed in social#ro!es! and has no! been afraid !o s#ea$ o"! on !he needfor a more realis!ic !hea!re, one !ha! de#ic!s !he wor$ing classenvironmen! of many-ri!ish ci!i ens.

&ngry yo"ng men /whose wor$ e)#ressed bi!!erness anddisill"sionmen! wi!h 0os!war English socie!y. , she was no! a #ar! of !hem

b"! many cri!ics saw her wor$ as a #ro!es! agains! wor$ing class #over!yand !he social condi!ions of her !ime

% & 'as!e of oney( is referred !o as a i!chen sin$ drama beca"se i!#or!rays !helives of wor$ing class #eo#le, living in a de#rived inner ci!y environmen!,s!r"ggling !oovercome #rac!ical and #ersonal #roblems.

e can ge! an idea of how !he socie!y in !his #lay is a! !he beginning whenelen and 4o, mo!her and da"gh!er, move in!o a comfor!less, old r"inwhere !here is no hea!ing and every!hing in i! is falling a#ar!, !he roof islea$ing. elen men!ions !ha! !hey share a ba!hroom wi!h !he comm"ni!yand !ha! !hey have a view of !he gaswor$s and a sla"gh!erho"se, wherewe can see !ha! !hey live in a wor$ing class neighbo"rhood which alsosmells. 'hey bo!h have !o share a bedroom beca"se !here is no #lace in!he a! and !his is !he only !hing !hey can a6ord.

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'hey live in a !enemen!, which is a s"bs!andard m"l!i7family dwelling in!he "rban core, "s"ally old and occ"#ied by !he #oor. 8'enemen! ho"seswere ei!her ada#!ed or b"il! for !he wor$ing class as ci!ies ind"s!riali ed,:; and came !o be con!ras!ed wi!h middle7class a#ar!men! ho"ses, whichs!ar!ed !o become fashionable la!er in !he 19!h cen!"ry. La!e 19!h7cen!"ry

social reformers in !he which she ge!s from her lovers ands#ends i! all on alcohol beca"se she li$es !o drin$ a lo! of whis$y.elen says !ha! she drin$s beca"se i! consoles her abo"! !he life.

elen and 4o can@! s!and eacho!her, !hey are always A"arreling and !hereis no mo!her da"gh!er love be!ween !hem. elen has never cared m"chabo"! her da"gh!er and she does no! care, she saysB 8 $now, @m a cr"el,wic$ed woman.> 4o is sic$ of her mo!her beca"se she made her life amisery and she wan!s !o A"i! school and s!ar! wor$ing so she can ge!eno"gh money !o ge! away from her.

hen 4o com#lains abo"! her life and !he a! !hey live in, elen !ells herB8Don@! worry, yo"@ll soon be an inde#enden! wor$ing woman and free !o gowhere yo" #lease.>

hen !hey have se!!led in !heir new home, !here comes 0e!er, a manelen has #robably had in!erco"rse wi!h before, and as$s her !o marryhim. e is a yo"ng, good7loo$ing and well se! "# g"y who o6ers her abe!!er life !han she has now. ! seems as if she will no! agree !o marry him,b"! la!er on in ac! one, scene !wo she reveals !ha! !hey are ge!!ingmarried. hen 4o as$s elen why she is marrying him she saysB 8 e@s go!a walle! f"ll of reasons.>

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elenB ell, cer!ainly ho#e i! isn@! a she who ma$es yo" wal$aro"nd in !his s!a!e.

hen 4o !ells elen !ha! she has me! a sailor who was a male n"rsebefore, all she !hin$s abo"! is !a$ing advan!age of i! and ma$ing a "se of i!

and she as$sB Does he ever ge! any free sam#les+ e co"ld do wi!h a fewcon!ac!s for !hings li$e !ha!.

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