Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece, Tony Geraghty, Bel Mooney, Edmund James Banfield, William Astley, Leonard Dalton Abbott, Chris Taylor, Dylan Taite, Winifred Robinson, Alex Atkinson, John Almon, Nina Antonia, Brian Reade. Excerpt: Alex Atkinson (1916 1962) was an English journalist, novelist and playwright who is best remembered for his collaborative works with the illustrator Ronald Searle . He was born in Liverpool, where he began his career as an actor. In 1935 Atkinson s play Ferry Inn was produced at the Liverpool Playhouse . Atkinson gained considerable experience as a repertory actor and began writing for Punch in 1948. In 1950 he ended his acting career to devote his time to writing. In 1953 Atkinson s play Four Winds was produced in the west end. That same year saw the release of the film Wheel of Fate, which Atkinson co-wrote with Guy Elmes. In 1958 The Big City or the New Mayhew was published. Written by Atkinson and illustrated by Ronald Searle, this collection of humorous character studies had appeared previously in Punch. These studies were based upon the journalism of Henry Mayhew, particularly his famous survey London Labour and the London Poor which appeared in the Morning Chronicle newspaper, throughout the 1840s. In 1960 Atkinson moved to America to write for Holiday magazine. He died in Philadelphia in 1962. In his 1957 article Over Seventy P. G. Wodehouse, lamenting the decline of the humorist, wrote: "I want to see an A. P. Herbert on every street corner, an Alex Atkinson in every local." Selected bibliography A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Anne Robinson Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and former journalis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Journalists from Liverpool: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece. To get started finding Journalists from Liverpool: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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84
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155213416
Journalists from Liverpool: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece, Tony Geraghty, Bel Mooney, Edmund James Banfield, William Astley, Leonard Dalton Abbott, Chris Taylor, Dylan Taite, Winifred Robinson, Alex Atkinson, John Almon, Nina Antonia, Brian Reade. Excerpt: Alex Atkinson (1916 1962) was an English journalist, novelist and playwright who is best remembered for his collaborative works with the illustrator Ronald Searle . He was born in Liverpool, where he began his career as an actor. In 1935 Atkinson s play Ferry Inn was produced at the Liverpool Playhouse . Atkinson gained considerable experience as a repertory actor and began writing for Punch in 1948. In 1950 he ended his acting career to devote his time to writing. In 1953 Atkinson s play Four Winds was produced in the west end. That same year saw the release of the film Wheel of Fate, which Atkinson co-wrote with Guy Elmes. In 1958 The Big City or the New Mayhew was published. Written by Atkinson and illustrated by Ronald Searle, this collection of humorous character studies had appeared previously in Punch. These studies were based upon the journalism of Henry Mayhew, particularly his famous survey London Labour and the London Poor which appeared in the Morning Chronicle newspaper, throughout the 1840s. In 1960 Atkinson moved to America to write for Holiday magazine. He died in Philadelphia in 1962. In his 1957 article Over Seventy P. G. Wodehouse, lamenting the decline of the humorist, wrote: "I want to see an A. P. Herbert on every street corner, an Alex Atkinson in every local." Selected bibliography A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Anne Robinson Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and former journalis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Journalists from Liverpool: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece. To get started finding Journalists from Liverpool: Walter Duranty, Henry Lucy, Anne Robinson, Ernest Sackville Turner, Victoria Newton, Holbrook Jackson, Gordon Reece, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.