Dennis Potter : a life on screen
Drawing upon unpublished scripts, interviews with top film and television practitioners, and a rare interview with the writer himself, John Cook reveals the array of themes which link together all of Dennis Potter's writing from his early television plays in the 1960s to his final works in 1994.
Print Book, English, 1998
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1998
350 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
9780719054235, 0719054230
1107768684
Foreword by Kenith Trodd - Introduction - 1. The confidence course: Dennis Potter and The Wednesday Play. 2. Angels are so few: the Play for Today era. 3. Only make believe: tales for children and adults. 4. Sex, lies and videotape: Casanova and Pennies from Heaven. 5. Singing for yur supper: Potter in the eighties. 6. Living dolls: from Track 29 to Blackeyes - Afterword - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index
Previous edition: 1995