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Dennis Potter Archive Catalogued Material (1970S) Dean Heritage Centre Camp Mill Soudley GL14 2UB 01594 822170 www.deanheritagecentre.com Dean Heritage Centre: Dennis Potter Archive Catalogued Material (1970s) Production Play Contents Year Accession No. Lay Down Your Arms Camera Script (typescript) 1970 DP2012.22.91 Angels are so Few Typescript 1970 DP2012.22.92 Be an Angel (Only Make Believe) Typescript 1970 DP.2012.22.111 Scissors and Paste (Paper Roses) Typescript on pink paper 1971 DP2012.22.94 Traitor Draft rehearsal script (typescript) 1971 DP2012.22.96 Traitor Photocopied handwritten manuscript 1971 DP2012.22.95 Casanova Handwritten draft script (parts 1, 2,3,4,5,6) 1971 DP2012.22.97=102 Casanova Transmission script (parts 1&2) 1971 DP2012.22.103=104 Scissors and Paste (Paper Roses) Handwritten manuscript 1971 DP2012.22.93 Hide and Seek (Mountain of Tasgi) Notebook, handwritten draft 1972 DP2012.22.105 Hide and Seek (Mountain of Tasgi) Early handwritten draft 1972 DP2012.22.107 Hide and Seek (The Chocolate Forest) Early handwritten draft 1972 DP2012.22.108 Follow the Yellow Brick Road Rehearsal script (typescript) 1972 DP2012.22.109 Mushrooms on Toast Handwritten manuscript 1972 DP2012.22.110 Hide and Seek (Mountain of Tasgi) Early draft, photocopied 1972 DP2012.22.106 Only Make Believe Rehearsal script (typescript) 1973 DP2012.22.112 Only Make Believe Handwritten manuscript, Theatre Version 1973 DP2012.22.113 1 Dean Heritage Centre Camp Mill Soudley GL14 2UB 01594 822170 www.deanheritagecentre.com Production Play Contents Year Accession No. Handwritten manuscript, Theatre Version Only Make Believe (photocopy) 1973 DP2012.22.114 A Tragedy of Two Ambitions Rehearsal script (typescript) 1973 DP2012.22.115 Joe's Ark Notebook, handwritten draft 1974 DP2012.22.116 Joe's Ark Rehearsal script (typescript) 1974 DP2012.22.117 Schmoedipus Rehearsal script (typescript) 1974 DP2012.22.119 Schmoedipus Handwritten manuscript 1974 DP2012.22.118 Late Call Rehearsal Script (typescript) (parts 1,2,3,4) 1975 DP2012.22.124=127 Photocopied handwritten manuscript (parts Late Call 1,2,3,4) 1975 DP2012.22.120=123 The French Lieutenant's Woman 8 handwritten photocopied pages 1975 DP2012.22.128 Incomplete second draft (mis of handwritten and The French Lieutenant's Woman photocopies) 1975 DP2012.22.129 The French Lieutenant's Woman Final Draft (handwritten photocopy) 1975 DP2012.22.131 The French Lieutenant's Woman Incomplete handwritten manuscript 1975 DP2012.22.130 The French Lieutenant's Woman Rehearsal script inserts (x5) 1975 DP2012.22.134 The French Lieutenant's Woman Handwritten & photocopied pages (x31) 1975 DP2012.22.132 The French Lieutenant's Woman Bound screenplay 1975 DP2012.22.133 British TV Drama 1959-1973 Programme notes 1976 DP2012.22.135 2 Dean Heritage Centre Camp Mill Soudley GL14 2UB 01594 822170 www.deanheritagecentre.com Production Play Contents Year Accession No. Absolute Sincerity (Brimstone and Treacle) Handwritten manuscript 1976 DP2012.22.138 Brimstone and Treacle Handwritten manuscript 1976 DP2012.22.137 Brimstone and Treacle Notebook, handwritten draft 1976 DP2012.22.136 Double Dare Incomplete handwritten manuscript 1976 DP2012.22.139 Father and Son (Where Adam Stood) Rehearsal script (typescript) 1976 DP2012.22.140 And with no Language but a Cry Christmas reflections (photocopies) (x3) 1976 DP2012.22.141=143 Non-Naturalism Handwritten paper 1977 DP2012.22.144 The Mayor of Casterbridge Photocopied typescript (episodes 6,7) 1978 DP2012.22.156=157 The Mayor of Casterbridge Photocopied typescript (episodes 3,4,5) 1978 DP2012.22.153=155 The Mayor of Casterbridge Handwritten manuscript (episodes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7) 1978 DP2012.22.146=152 The Mayor of Casterbridge Handwritten introduction 1978 DP2012.22.145 Pennies from Heaven Photocopied typescript (episodes 4,5,6) 1978 DP2012.22.170=172 Pennies from Heaven Photocopied handwritten manuscript 1978 DP2012.22.160 Pennies from Heaven Photocopied typescript (episodes 1,2,3) 1978 DP2012.22.167=169 Production notes; draft screenplay & draft screenplay Pennies from Heaven (revised final draft) 1978 DP2012.22.173=175 Letter regarding episode 1; notebook, handwritten draft Pennies from Heaven (episodes 2,3,4,5,6) 1978 DP2012.22.161=166 3 Dean Heritage Centre Camp Mill Soudley GL14 2UB 01594 822170 www.deanheritagecentre.com Production Play Contents Year Accession No. Silver Skies (Pennies From Heaven) Handwritten draft (x10) 1978 DP2012.22.158 Pennies from Heaven Handwritten alternative ending to final episode 1978 DP2012.22.159 Television 26 November 1978 TV review 1978 DP2012.22.176 Ghost Writer Photocopied handwritten manuscript 1978 DP2012.22.177 Blue Remembered Hills Rehearsal script (typescript) 1979 DP2012.22.178 Unexpected Valleys typescript & photocopied typescript 1979 DP2012.22.180=181 Unexpected Valleys Notebook, handwritten draft 1979 DP2012.22.179 4 .
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