![]() ![]() ![]() Morgan spent forty years screenwriting before a radical move into anthropology and ethics, with Descent of Woman and The Aquatic Ape. She is perhaps best known for her adaptation of How Green Was My Valley, and her original screenplay, Lloyd George. She was truly a pioneer, on whose shoulders today’s female television writers stand. Morgan went from being among the very first women writers for radio and television to one of the pre-eminent screenplay writers in the UK. In this her career ran in parallel with fellow Rhondda author Gwyn Thomas, and Leeworthy traces their rise and the reasons behind it. This brought her to screenwriting and adaptations for tv, and in particular the BBC. The book details Morgan’s early career in (left-wing) adult education, her marriage to an International Brigade veteran, her continuing political engagement and her success as a writer of stories and journalism. It outlines her early days living only just above the poverty line in the Rhondda in a Labour/Communist steeped family, before reading English Literature at Oxford. Published to celebrate Elaine Morgan’s centenary, this informative biography restores Morgan’s reputation and establishes her significant place in writing from Wales. ![]()
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