Author: W. GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781407065083
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Love on the Dole
Author: W. GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781407065083
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole
Author: Chris HopkinsPublisher: Liverpool English Texts and St
ISBN: 1786941147
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This book gives the fullest account so far of the origins, success and public impact of Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole in all three of its versions: novel (1933), play (1935) and film (1941).
The Cleft Stick, Or, "It's the Same Whole World Over" ...
Author: Walter GreenwoodDaddy was a German Spy
Author: Brian EdwardsPublisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742288979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This engaging memoir covers the first 25 years of Brian Edward's life in Northern Ireland during the 1940s and 1950s. His father abandoned his wife and son in dramatic circumstances when Brian was still a baby. He grew up in 'lodgings', often cared for by landladies who were mad, bad or simply sad, while his mother was at work. In his early teens Brian desperately tried to track down his mysterious father but to no avail. Years later he discovered that he had at least one half-sister and that his father may well have been a German spy, a bigamist and a charming con-man who embezzled funds from numerous employers. While Brian's relationship with his parents and their extended families lies at the heart of this book, Daddy was a German Spy is also a funny, poignant and intriguing story about growing up in Northern Ireland.
A Kestrel for a Knave
Author: Barry HinesPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.
There was a Time
Author: Walter GreenwoodThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Author: Robert TressellExploring Television Acting
Author: Tom CantrellPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474248578
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The first collection of its kind to bring together scholarly and practitioner perspectives, this book analyses the experiences, skills and techniques of actors when working on television. Featuring eleven chapters by internationally distinguished researchers and actor trainers, this collection examines the acting processes and resulting performances of some of the most acclaimed television actors. Topics include: studio and location realism; actor training for television; actor well-being in the television industry; performance in reality television and British and Irish actors in contemporary US television and film. The book also contains case studies examining the work of Emmy-award-winning actor Viola Davis and the iconic character of Gene Hunt in Life on Mars (BBC, 2006-2007).
The Road to Wigan Pier
Author: George OrwellPublisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180948650
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
George Orwell provides a vivid and unflinching portrayal of working-class life in Northern England during the 1930s. Through his own experiences and meticulous investigative reporting, Orwell exposes the harsh living conditions, poverty, and social injustices faced by coal miners and other industrial workers in the region. He documents their struggles with unemployment, poor housing, and inadequate healthcare, as well as the pervasive sense of hopelessness and despair that permeates their lives. In the second half of the The Road to Wigan Pier Orwell delves into the complexities of political ideology, as he grapples with the shortcomings of both socialism and capitalism in addressing the needs of the working class. GEORGE ORWELL was born in India in 1903 and passed away in London in 1950. As a journalist, critic, and author, he was a sharp commentator on his era and its political conditions and consequences.
Magnolia Street
Author: Louis GoldingPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434413178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Louis Golding (1895-1958), a Ukrainian-Jewish writer born in Manchester, wrote Magnolia Street, a 1932 bestseller based on the Hightown area of Manchester, as it was in the 1920s featuring a street divided into 'gentile' and 'Jewish' sides.