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Peter Yeldham

ISBN 10: 0648668657 / ISBN 13: 9780648668657

Published by Bobby Graham Publishers, 2020

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Seller Inventory # LU-9780648668657

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beginning with an empty page
• Publisher: Bobby Graham Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0648668657
• ISBN 13: 9780648668657
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 1.73H x 22.86D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 1.73 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 454 grams

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Synopsis

This is a memoir written by one of Australia's pre-eminent screenwriters. In it he details his modest beginnings, life in the United Kingdom and later years back in Australia.

Peter Yeldham has spent his life writing plays for radio, television and the stage, as well as film screenplays and more than a dozen novels. He has won many awards for his television scripts and novels and is best known for landmark television series such as The Timeless Land, 1915, Captain James Cook RN and Jessica. This memoir recounts his experiences as an aspiring writer for radio in Australia, his marriage to Marjorie and their life in England, breaking into the world of stage drama and film. It is the story of a successful writing career and the parallel quest for a happy family life.