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This book represents the first full-length examination of the work of the late, celebrated television playwright, Dennis Potter. Drawing upon a wealth of original research, including unpublished scripts, interviews with top film and television practitioners, as well as a rare interview with the writer himself, John Cook reveals for the first time the often astonishing array of themes which link together all of Potter's writing: from his early television plays in the 1960s right through to his final works in 1994.
In so doing, Cook unravels a series of clues to the writer as rich and as fascinating as any that haunted the character Philip Marlow, in Potter's most celebrated television series, The Singing Detective.
As a guide to the work of a truly seminal 'television author', the book will be of great interest and value not only to students and teachers within the fields of media, literary and cultural studies, but also to the general reader, curious to find out more about the extraordinary life and career of this remarkable cultural figure.
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John R. Cook is Lecturer in Media Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester.
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'intelligent and scholarly ... cook gained access to a remarkable quantity of unpublished material' ... Sight and Sound
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- PublisherManchester Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0719046017
- ISBN 13 9780719046018
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No dust jacket. This is the difficult-to-come-by hardback edition of the biography of. and critical analysis of the works of, Dennis Potter. Author fails to mention (unless I missed it!) that Potter's late 1970s TV drama in six (?) parts, Pennies from Heaven, with Bob Hoskins, was based on the real-life story of Arthur Rouse, a married but philandering travelling salesman, hanged in 1931 for the murder of a man, never identified, who was burned to death in Rouse's Morris Minor in the early hours after Guy Fawkes night 1930 (see seller's book on the Rouse case). Illustrations. 368 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £11.65. Seller Inventory # 1901
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some wear and internal barcode may have been clipped, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-M-001-02393
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