{"product_id":"elaine-morgan-a-life-behind-the-screen-9781781726044","title":"Elaine Morgan — A Life Behind the Screen","description":"\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Cymraeg \/ Welsh Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElaine Morgan - awdures asgell chwith o'r dosbarth gweithiol sy'n cynnig gweledigaeth newydd, yn arbennig wrth ysgrifennu i'r teledu ('Lloyd George'). Ysgrifennodd am ffeministiaeth ac anthropoleg yn The Descent of Woman a The Aquatic Ape . Mae'r cofiant newydd hwn yn dathlu ei chyflawniadau gan daflu golwg ar y person y tu ôl i'r ysgrifennu, ym mlwyddyn ei chanmlwyddiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Saesneg \/ English Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeft wing, working class radical Elaine Morgan was a trailblazing woman writer, especially in tv writing where her credits included 'Lloyd George'. She also wrote about feminism and anthropology, with 'The Descent of Woman' and 'The Aquatic Ape'. In her centenary year, this new biography celebrates her achievements and looks at the person behind the writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDosbarthu\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eByddwn yn dosbarthu eitemau sydd mewn stoc o fewn 3 diwrnod gwaith, fel arfer drwy Royal Mail Tracked 48. Ar gyfer archebion o flaen llaw, byddwn yn dosbarthu’r eitem o fewn 3 diwrnod gwaith ar ôl ei derbyn gan ein cyflenwr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDispatch\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-stock items will be dispatched within 3 business days, usually by Royal Mail Tracked 48. For pre-orders, we’ll dispatch within 3 business days of receiving the item from our supplier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003ch3\u003eManylion y cynnyrch \/ Product details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 13\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e9781781726044\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwales Code\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003egwales.com.9781781726044\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwerthwr \/ Vendor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCyngor Llyfrau Cymru\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong Title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eElaine Morgan — A Life Behind the Screen\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSub Title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA Life Behind the Screen\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwdur \/ Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eLeeworthy, Daryl\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrent Price ex VAT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e£9.99\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrent Price inc VAT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e£9.99\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability Status (EN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAvailable\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability Status (CY)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAr gael\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDyddiad cyhoeddi \/ Publication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2020-11-02\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyhoeddwr \/ Publisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSeren\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Type (EN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Type (CY)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eClawr meddal\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e212 pages\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e135 × 208 mm; depth 15 mm\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage Code\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategori \/ Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCY: Bywgraffiadau a Chofiannau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Biographies (in English)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs-gategori \/ Subcategory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCY: Bywgraffiadau - Benyw (yn Saesneg) | EN: Biographies - Female (in English)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBywgraffiad yr Awdur \/ Author Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaryl Leeworthy is a former lecturer in community history at the University of Huddersfield and at Swansea University. He is the author of 'Labour Country', 'A Little Queer Book of Wales', and a forthcoming biography of Gwyn Thomas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdolygiad y Cyhoeddwr \/ Publisher Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe life of Elaine Morgan spanned almost the whole of the twentieth century, and although she left no real archive of her papers, it would seem that manifold printed, newspaper and archival sources exist, all quarried with care by the author, Daryl Leeworthy who has succeeded in welding the fruit of his research into a cohesive, compelling account. Every important aspect of Elaine’s life is covered here concisely and with conviction. We read of the bright working-class girl who spent her childhood in relative poverty. Against all the odds, she succeeded, on the eve of the Second World War, in winning a scholarship to read English Literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Within weeks, her life was shattered when her father Billy died of heart failure aged 48. Bravely, she immersed herself in left-wing student politics and various literary pursuits and forming a rich array of friendships and links which were to stand her in good stead for the rest of her life. Particular attention is lavished here on her close relationship with Drummond Allison, a fellow student with whom she fell in love and whom she was later to describe as ‘a life-enhancer’. His death on active service in Italy in December 1943 aged 22 left her bereft and exposed once again. By the time of Allison’s death, Elaine had graduated and recently secured her first position as a tutor-organiser for the the Workers’ Educational Association in Norfolk where her specialism was contemporary affairs. But she also returned regularly to the family home at Pontypridd. During one of these visits she met ex-serviceman Morien Waldo Parry Morgan, a kindred spirit in so many ways, and the man who became her husband in April 1945. The accident of employment then took them to Burnley in Lancashire. Two children, Dylan and Gareth, soon followed, and Elaine's life there was frenetically busy as she became involved in an array of public activities, among them the WEA, the United Nations Association and the Communist Party, a role which curiously she herself felt inclined to play down in her later life. It was at this time too, asserts Leeworthy, that she began to embrace the feminist credentials. A mainstay of her life was the columns on current and political affairs which she penned regularly for local newspapers like the Burnley Express from which a few revealing, indeed riveting columns are re-printed here. It was the onset of asthma in their two sons which propelled a return to south Wales in 1949. They were to settle first at a remote farmhouse near Hay-on-Wye, and it was here that Elaine launched her career as a professional writer, initially as a scriptwriter for the BBC, then as a short story writer, eventually as a dramatist who authored full length plays. Leeworthy juggles his account of her professional activities with her maternal longing for a third child, a preoccupation which caused a rift in the Morgan marriage which was resolved only when the couple resolved to adopt another son. Elaine Morgan’s golden age as a first-rate professional writer now dawned as she penned a contentious semi-biographical play entitled A Matter of Degree , based on Oxford University experiences, which received a highly mixed reception and caused much discomfiture for its author. But she persevered, the commissions flowed in and the healthy bank balance prospered. Television work was unfailingly lucrative. As is well known, Elaine reached the pinnacle of her script-writing success with her re-working of How Green Was My Valley in 1975–76, her adaptation of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth in 1979, and the scripting of the series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George in 1981. More factual documentaries then followed in the second half of the 1980s. As Elaine approached her 70th year, another new dawn arose with the publication of tomes on anthropological themes, like the best selling The Descent of Woman (1972), drafted partly as an aggrieved woman’s reaction to Desmond Morris’ The Naked Ape published five years earlier. Although its author was certainly no zoologist, the book made a massive impact on both sides of the Atlantic, rapidly forging an identity for the ageing Elaine Morgan as ‘a hero of feminist radicalism’, and closely linking her with the nascent Green movement. Television series and other full-length monographs on similar themes followed as their author adorned an array of public events. A final achievement came in old age with the penning of a weekly column entitled ‘The Pensioner’ which appeared in the Western Mail regularly, tackling many varied subjects with verve and conviction, and bringing the elderly columnist a wholly novel fan base until within just a few years of her death. Cruel fate, however, had yet again intervened – her elder son Dylan died prematurely in middle age. 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