DENNIS POTTER (1935 - 1994)
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Dennis Potter
Blue Remembered Hills |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London 1990 Samuel French, London (acting edition) - click here to order >>> | 1984 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: This apparently simple tale relates the activities of seven-year-olds on a summer afternoon during World War II. The children (all played by adult actors) and their world become a microcosm of adult interaction. Willie tags along as burly Peter bullies Raymond and is challenged by fairminded John. Audrey is over-shadowed by Angela's prettiness and wreaks her angry frustrations on the boys. All of them gang up on the terrified `Donald Duck' who, abused by his mother and ridiculed by his peers, plays his own dangerous game of pyromania which ends in tragedy. | ||||
Brimstone And Treacle |
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Controversy as a young man infiltrates a families live and space. | ||||
Only Make Believe |
| 1st Produced: | Harlow, Essex | 1974 | ||
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Notes: televised 1963 | ||||
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Singing Detective, The |
| 1st Produced: | BBC | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1986 | ||
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| Genre: | Screenplay | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||
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Synopsis: This is the unabridged original text of Dennis Potter's acclaimed six-part television serial. The narrative counterpoints life in a hospital ward of a writer crippled by a horrific skin disease with the plot of his atmospheric thriller to the point where fantasy and reality seem to exchange places. The result is the most painful and disturbing screen drama of the 1980s. | ||||
Son Of Man |
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Leicester | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Deutsch, London | 1970 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: televised 1969 | ||||
Synopsis: Jesus portrayed as a man agonised by the feeling of divinity within him, and all with a man's capacity for suffering and pain | ||||
Sufficient Carbohydrate |
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1983 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Vitriolic attacks on sodium monoglutamate as drama unwinds on a Greek Island | ||||
Vote Vote Vote For Nigel Barton |
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1968 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "The Nigel Barton Plays", Penguin, London | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 20 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: televised 1965 | ||||
Synopsis: Idealistic Labour candidate standing in un-winnable by-election realises that compromise is all | ||||
Waiting For The Boat |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1984 | ||
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