Journeyman An Autobiography

by Maccoll, Ewan; Seeger, Peggy

• ISBN13: 9780719079368
• ISBN10: 0719079365
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

This new edition ofJourneyman, 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 unforgettableThe 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.Journeymandocuments 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgement	p. xiii
(1915-1940)
Early Days and Hogmanay	p. 3
One in Three Million	p. 23
Front Doors and Back Entries	p. 32
Unnatural Habitat	p. 51
Lodgers and Friends	p. 60
The Gang	p. 69
The Tangenital Mind	p. 95
Happy Days?	p. 105
Mother, Meg and May	p. 120
Limbo	p. 130
On the Broo	p. 140
Big City, Big Geordie	p. 152
Politics, Prurience and Fresh Air	p. 168
New Comrades	p. 178
Agitprop	p. 188
Theatre of Action	p. 201
Living in London and Dreaming of Moscow	p. 213
Megaphones to Microphones	p. 224
(1945-1989)
Theatre Workshop	p. 237
On the Road	p. 251
Enter Alan Lomax	p. 260
Into the Folk Revival	p. 277
Radio Ballads	p. 301
Singing and Song-Writing	p. 328
The Joy of Living	p. 342
Time Steals on and Steals	p. 361
Epilogue	p. 366
Key to references in notes	p. 376
Notes	p. 378
Index	p. 383
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