# Dennis Potter bibliography

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**[Dennis Potter](/source/Dennis_Potter)** (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English [dramatist](/source/Dramatist) with a large canon of work.

## Television plays

- 1965 *[The Wednesday Play: The Confidence Course](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Confidence_Course&action=edit&redlink=1)* (no recording exists)

- 1965 *Alice*

- 1965 *Almost Cinderella* (not produced)

- 1965 *[Stand Up, Nigel Barton](/source/The_Nigel_Barton_Plays#Stand_Up,_Nigel_Barton)*

- 1965 *[Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton](/source/The_Nigel_Barton_Plays#Vote,_Vote,_Vote_for_Nigel_Barton)*

- 1966 *[Emergency – Ward 9](/source/Emergency_%E2%80%93_Ward_9)*

- 1966 *Where the Buffalo Roam*

- 1967 *Message for Posterity* (no recording exists)

- 1968 *The Bonegrinder*

- 1968 *[Shaggy Dog](/source/Shaggy_Dog_(play))*

- 1968 *[A Beast With Two Backs](/source/A_Beast_With_Two_Backs)*

- 1969 *[Moonlight on the Highway](/source/Moonlight_on_the_Highway)*

- 1969 *[Son of Man](/source/Son_of_Man_(play))*

- 1970 *Lay Down your Arms*

- 1970 *Angels Are So Few*

- 1971 *Paper Roses*

- 1971 *[Traitor](/source/Traitor_(TV_drama))*

- 1972 *[Follow the Yellow Brick Road](/source/Follow_the_Yellow_Brick_Road)*

- 1973 *Only Make Believe*

- 1973 *A Tragedy of Two Ambitions*

- 1974 *[Joe's Ark](/source/Joe's_Ark)*

- 1974 *Schmoedipus*

- 1976 *[Double Dare](/source/Double_Dare_(play))*

- 1976 *[Where Adam Stood](/source/Where_Adam_Stood)*

- 1979 *[Blue Remembered Hills](/source/Blue_Remembered_Hills)*

- 1980 *[Blade on the Feather](/source/Blade_on_the_Feather)*

- 1980 *[Rain on the Roof](/source/Rain_on_the_Roof)*

- 1980 *[Cream in My Coffee](/source/Cream_in_My_Coffee)*

- 1987 *Visitors*

- 1987 *[Brimstone and Treacle](/source/Brimstone_and_Treacle)* (after an 11-year ban on the play, originally intended for transmission in 1976, was finally lifted)

- 1994 *Message for Posterity* (remake of 1967 play)

## Television Serials

- 1971 *[Casanova](/source/Casanova_(1971_TV_serial))*

- 1975 *Late Call*

- 1978 *[The Mayor of Casterbridge](/source/The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge_(TV_series))*

- 1978 *[Pennies from Heaven](/source/Pennies_from_Heaven_(TV_series))*

- 1985 *[Tender Is the Night](/source/Tender_Is_the_Night#Film,_TV_and_stage_adaptations)*

- 1986 *[The Singing Detective](/source/The_Singing_Detective)*

- 1988 *[Christabel](/source/Christabel_(1988_TV_drama))*

- 1989 *[Blackeyes](/source/Blackeyes_(TV_series))* (writer, director)

- 1993 *[Lipstick on Your Collar](/source/Lipstick_on_Your_Collar_(TV_series))*

- 1996 *[Karaoke](/source/Karaoke_(play))*

- 1996 *[Cold Lazarus](/source/Cold_Lazarus)*

## Cinema films

- 1981 *[Pennies from Heaven](/source/Pennies_from_Heaven_(1981_film))*

- 1982 *[Brimstone and Treacle](/source/Brimstone_and_Treacle)*

- 1983 *[Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(film))*

- 1985 *[Dreamchild](/source/Dreamchild)*

- 1988 *[Track 29](/source/Track_29)* (reworking of *Schmoedipus*)

- 1991 *[Secret Friends](/source/Secret_Friends)* (writer, director)

- 1993 *[Mesmer](/source/Mesmer_(film))*

- 1993 *Midnight Movie* (intended for commercial release)

- 2003 *[The Singing Detective](/source/The_Singing_Detective_(film))*

## Stage

- 1983 *Sufficient Carbohydrate*[1]

## Publications

- *The Glittering Coffin*, London: Gollancz, 1960.

- *The Changing Forest: Life in the Forest of Dean Today*. London: Secker and Warburg, 1962.

- *The Nigel Barton Plays: Stand Up, Nigel Barton, Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton: Two Television Plays*. Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1968.

- *Son of Man* (television play). London: Samuel French, 1970.

- *Hide and Seek* (novel). London: Deutsch, 1973.

- *Brimstone and Treacle* (television play). New York, Samuel French, 1978.

- *Pennies from Heaven* (novel). London: Quartet, 1981.

- *Sufficient Carbohydrate* (play). London: Faber, 1983.

- *Waiting for the Boat: Dennis Potter on Television*. London: Faber, 1984.

- *The Singing Detective* (television series). London: Faber, 1986.

- *Ticket to Ride* (novel). London: Faber, 1986.

- *Blackeyes* (novel). London: Faber, 1987.

- *Christabel* (television series), 1988.

- *Potter on Potter*, ed. by Graham Fuller. London; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993.

- *Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews, A Lecture and A Story*. London; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1994.

- *Karaoke and Cold Lazarus* (television plays). London: Faber, 1996.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sufficient Carbohydrate"](https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/64543/sufficient-carbohydrate). *Concord Theatricals*. Retrieved 2025-08-01.

v t e Works by Dennis Potter Bibliography Television plays Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) Shaggy Dog (1968) A Beast with Two Backs (1968) Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Son of Man (1969) Traitor (1971) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Joe's Ark (1974) Double Dare (1976) Where Adam Stood (1976) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Blade on the Feather (1980) Rain on the Roof (1980) Cream in My Coffee (1980) Brimstone and Treacle (1987) Television serials Casanova (1971) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Tender Is the Night (1985) The Singing Detective (1986) Christabel (1988) Blackeyes (1989) Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Karaoke (1996) Cold Lazarus (1996) Films Pennies from Heaven (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Dreamchild (1985) Track 29 (1988) Secret Friends (1991) Mesmer (1993) The Singing Detective (2003) Books The Glittering Coffin (1960) Hide and Seek (1973) Pennies from Heaven (1981) Ticket to Ride (1986) Blackeyes (1987)

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