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Potter, Dennis
Most widely held works about
Dennis Potter
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Most widely held works by
Dennis Potter
The singing detective by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
18
editions published
between
1986
and
2003
in
English
and held by
770
libraries
worldwide
The narrative counterpoints life in a hospital ward of a writer crippled by a horrific skin disease with the plot of his atmosperic thriller to the point where fantasy and reality seem to change places
Pennies from heaven by Herbert Ross (
visu
)
11
editions published
between
1981
and
2004
in
3
languages
and held by
547
libraries
worldwide
In Depression era Chicago, a salesman is having trouble convincing unwilling music store owners to buy his sheet music
The singing detective
(
visu
)
15
editions published
between
1946
and
2008
in
English and German
and held by
464
libraries
worldwide
A bedridden novelist drifts in and out of consciousness, alternating between a noir-ish fantasy world, his anguished present, and his traumatic childhood
Blackeyes by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1987
and
1992
in
English
and held by
454
libraries
worldwide
It has been twenty years since Maurice James Kingsley has produced a novel. His niece Jessica cannot share in his triumph, as he has written her story, for she is Blackeyes, the model heroine of his book. Then her body is found drowned in Kensington Gardens
Gorky Park by Michael Apted (
visu
)
15
editions published
between
1983
and
2006
in
4
languages
and held by
428
libraries
worldwide
Gorky Park opens with the discovery of three mutilated bodies buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Arkady Renko, the chief investigator of the Moscow Militia, is assigned to unravel this horrific crime, but he is confronted by an uncooperative and corrupt KGB
Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (
visu
)
22
editions published
between
1977
and
2007
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
420
libraries
worldwide
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffer an agonizing remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge. He attempts to right the long-ago wrong and sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction
Waiting for the boat : on Television by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
11
editions published
between
1984
and
1990
in
English
and held by
415
libraries
worldwide
Ticket to ride by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
12
editions published
between
1986
and
1990
in
English
and held by
362
libraries
worldwide
John is in London; he can't remember who he is or why he is there. All he knows is that he has got a lot of money in his pocket and he has to meet someone
Pennies from Heaven by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
19
editions published
between
1980
and
1996
in
English
and held by
360
libraries
worldwide
Brimstone and treacle by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
12
editions published
between
1978
and
1983
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
326
libraries
worldwide
A clever, disturbing and highly controversial play about the intrusion of a slick, satanic young man into the lives of a humdum couple whose only deviation from the appalling norm is that they ahve an attractive only daughter who has been reduced to a vegetable after a car accident
Pennies from heaven by Dennis Potter (
visu
)
16
editions published
between
1978
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
319
libraries
worldwide
Arthur Parker - cowardly and dishonest, with a fistful of dreams and an eye for the ladies - is a sheet-music salesman in 1930s Britain. Frustrated by his frigid wife and cynical shopkeeprs, he looks to a desperate romance and a life-affirming immorality to reach the fantasy world of the songs he sells
Son of Man: a play by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
10
editions published
between
1071
and
1979
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
296
libraries
worldwide
The singing detective by Dennis Potter (
visu
)
21
editions published
between
1986
and
2009
in
English and No Linguistic Content
and held by
258
libraries
worldwide
Als de medische en psychische toestand van de aan psoriasis lijdende detectiveschrijver Philip Marlow verergert, gaat hij heden en verleden door elkaar halen en veranderen artsen in musicalsterren
Karaoke ; and, Cold Lazarus by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
3
editions published
in
1996
in
English
and held by
258
libraries
worldwide
Whilst Daniel's 'memories' ebb and flow and the moguls fight over him, a dissident organization of Luddites, RON (Reality or Nothing), seeks to return to what it believes to have been a gentler age - the twentieth century
Sufficient carbohydrate by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
8
editions published
between
1983
and
1989
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
242
libraries
worldwide
Lipstick on your collar by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
5
editions published
between
1992
and
1993
in
English
and held by
163
libraries
worldwide
Hide and seek by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
8
editions published
between
1973
and
1990
in
English
and held by
153
libraries
worldwide
Blue remembered hills and other plays by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
3
editions published
in
1996
in
English
and held by
137
libraries
worldwide
Christabel by Dennis Potter (
Book
)
5
editions published
in
1988
in
English
and held by
135
libraries
worldwide
Dreamchild the true story of Alice in Wonderland
(
visu
)
3
editions published
between
1985
and
2009
in
English
and held by
127
libraries
worldwide
A fantasy based on the true life visit of 80 year-old Alice Liddell Hargreaves, the inspiration for "Alice in Wonderland," to New York to celebrate the centennial of Lewis Carroll's birth. As Alice observes the developing romance between her traveling companion, Lucy, and a New York reporter, she reflects on her friendship with Lewis Carroll and finds herself haunted by the characters he created that amused her when she was a child
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Adultery Authors, English Bielenberg, Christabel British Carroll, Lewis, Detective and mystery plays Drama Dramatists, English England English drama Fathers and daughters Friendship Germany Great Britain Hallucinations and illusions Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, Jesus Christ Low temperature engineering Low temperature research Low temperatures Man-woman relationships Mayors Mental illness Models (Persons) Musicals Music trade Novelists Pennies from Heaven (Television program) Police Political science Potter, Dennis Psoriasis Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery Reminiscing in old age Renko, Arkady (Fictitious character) Revues Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation)--Moscow Sales personnel Screenwriters Singing detective (Television program) Smith, Martin Cruz, Television authorship Television mini-series Television plays Television plays, English Television writers Terminally ill United States World War (1939-1945)
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Potter, Dennis Christopher George.
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