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Potter, Dennis (1935-1994)
Dennis Potter was one of the most sign ificant and innovative dramatists in the history of British television. From 1965 until his death in 1994, he created an oeuvre of hau...
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Dennis Potter (1935-1994) was a English essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known as a prize-winning writer of television drama.In the world of British popular culture, Dennis Potter...
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Widely regarded as one of the most significant British television dramatists, Dennis Potter was one of the so-called Angry Young Men, writers of the post- World War II, end-of-British Empire period ...
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In the following review of The Glittering Coffin, Crosland examines Potter's critique of the Labour Party and the politics of social class in 1950s England.
Mr. Potter is a twenty-three-year-ol...
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In this short review of Potter on Potter and Lipstick on Your Collar, Imlah briefly examines the elements of Potter's dramatic devices.
Dennis Potter is exceptional: a television dramatist wort...
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In the following essay, Wiggins discusses Brimstone and Treacle and the issue of censorship in relation to the themes and dramatic features of Potter's teleplay.
Any discussion of censorship at...
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In the following essay, Bell elaborates a reading of The Singing Detective as the story of "a sick man's soul," "a pilgrim's progress from despair to redemption,�...
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In the following essay, Hunninger, Principal Lecturer in Film and Television Production at the University of Westminster, examines every aspect of the production of The Singing Detective to determine ...
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In the following brief obituary Tonkin comments on Potter's life and influence.
The green remembered glades from Dennis Potter's Forest of Dean childhood nestle on the edge of the Cotswo...
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In the following essay Hitchens assesses Potter's life work, his achievements as a writer and his contributions to television and to English society in general.
You might care to picture this. ...
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In the following essay, Eyre offers personal impressions of Potter, places him in television history, considers his work among his contemporaries writing for the stage, and discusses the aptness of Po...
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In the following review, Wollheim discusses the ideas on politics and class in The Glittering Coffin, providing a brief historical backdrop and examining the personal and social issues implied in the ...
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In the following brief review of Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton, Nightingale points out Potter's lack of "critical astringency" while appreciating his daring.
Dennis Potter has...
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In the follwoing excerpt, Allen reviews a stage production of Brimstone and Treacle, examining the play's premise, its characters and the production itself.
Brimstone and treacle is apparently ...
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In the essay below, Purser examines Potter's work in chronological order, exploring connections to biography, Potter's developing aesthetic and thematic interests and ideas about the med...
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In the following essay, Coward uses Potter's The Singing Detective to consider the role of the author in the medium of television and as a case study in recent theories of meaning and authorshi...
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In the following essay, Lichtenstein studies the complexities of The Singing Detective's plot and its devices of merging and superimposing different levels of fiction.
Oedipalized scenarios, tr...
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In the following excerpt, Gordon opposes the "pervasive and seductive elements of adolescent male fantasy" that she suggests permeate the hard-boiled detective fiction that The Singing D...
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In the following review, Alleva comments on Potter's directorial debut with his film Secret Friends.
Dennis Potter's Secret Friends is a jigsaw puzzle that doesn't give you much t...
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[Bragg is an English writer and TV personality. In the following excerpt from an interview first broadcast in England in early 1994, Potter discusses how the knowledge of his imminent death and its at...
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[In the following obituary, Grimes recounts the highlights of Potter's life and career.]
Dennis Potter, the caustic and controversial writer of the innovative British television dramas The Sing...
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[In the following excerpt, O'Connor lauds the stylistic and thematic depth of Potter's work in television, praising him for believing in the intelligence of the viewer and for resisting ...
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[In the following essay, Naughton eulogizes Potter's life and career, describing him as a "great artist" and "the first—and so far the only—television dramati...
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[In the following essay, Delany reviews several of Potter's works, including Pennies from Heaven, The Singing Detective, Christabel, and the two novels Ticket to Ride and Blackeyes.]
I was bor...
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[In the following review, Salamon praises Secret Friends as a beautiful "twisted joke."]
Secret Friends is the perfect movie for people who hate Valentine's Day. In this unnerving...
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Potter, Dennis (1935-1994)
Dennis Potter
Dennis (Christopher George) Potter
Critical Review by Anthony Crosland
