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Journeyman

An autobiography

By Ewan Maccoll

Journeyman
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  • ISBN: 9780719079351
  • Publish Date: Oct 2009
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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  • ISBN: 9780719079368
  • Publish Date: Sep 2009
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    Book Information

    • Format: Paperback
    • ISBN: 978-0-7190-7936-8
    • Pages: 400
    • Price: £19.99
    • Published Date: September 2009

    Description

    This new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'.

    MacColl, a singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster, begins this fascinating account with his working class Salford childhood, traces the founding and life of Theatre Workshop, one of Britain's most innovative theatre companies, then moves on to his work with folksingers, the Radio Ballads and his ascent into old age.

    Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger were among the main leaders of the UK folksong revival. Journeyman documents their struggle to secure the integrity of that revival as the popular media appropriated and re-created traditional music for commercial gain.

    An entertaining and thought-provoking slice of British history, it will appeal to those interested in the histories of folk music, theatre, radio, left-wing politics and the Manchester area.

    Contents

    List of illustrations
    Introduction by Peggy Seeger
    Acknowledgement
    Part One
    1. Early days and Hogmanay
    2. One in three million
    3. Front doors and back entries
    4. Unnatural habitat
    5. Lodgers and friends
    6. The gang
    7. The tangenital mind
    8. Happy days?
    9. Mother, Meg and May
    10. Limbo
    11. On the broo
    12. Big city, big Geordie
    13. Politics, prurience and fresh air
    14. New comrades
    15. Agitprop
    16. Theatre of action
    17. Living in London and dreaming of Moscow
    18. Megaphones to microphones
    Part Two
    19. Theatre Workshop
    20. On the road
    21. Enter Alan Lomax
    22. Into the Folk revival
    23. Radio ballads
    24. singing and song-writing
    25. The joy of living
    26. Time steals on and steals
    Epilogue
    Footnotes
    Index

    Author

    Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) was a singer, songwriter, radio broadcaster and documentary-maker, actor and playwright

    Journeyman

    By Ewan Maccoll

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