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DENNIS POTTER (1935 - 1994) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Judy Daish Associates Ltd (Estate of) |
Dennis Potter was born in 1935 in Gloucestershire. After National Service he won a place at New College, Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He became one of Britain's most accomplished and acclaimed dramatists. His plays for television include Blue Remembered Hills (1979), Brimstone and Treacle (commissioned in 1975 but banned until 1987), the series Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986), Blackeyes (1989) and Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). He also wrote novels, stage plays and screenplays. Seeing the Blossom, his final television interview, was published in 1994. He died in June 1994.
Plays by Dennis Potter
Blue Remembered Hills | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28368 | |||
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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. | |||||
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Brimstone And Treacle | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28369 | |||
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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. | |||||
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Only Make Believe | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harlow, Essex | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28370 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | televised 1963 | |||||
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Singing Detective, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28371 | |||
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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. | |||||
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Son Of Man | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Leicester | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deutsch, London, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28372 | |||
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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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sufficient Carbohydrate | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28373 | |||
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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 | |||||
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Vote Vote Vote For Nigel Barton | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Nigel Barton Plays", Penguin, London, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28374 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 20 | Female | 9 | ||
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Notes: | televised 1965 | |||||
Synopsis: | Idealistic Labour candidate standing in un-winnable by-election realises that compromise is all | |||||
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Waiting For The Boat | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28375 | |||
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