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Source: The Singing Detective
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Dennis Potter: Citations en anglais
"The Long Goodbye," The Guardian (6 April 1994); the quote is from Potter's final television interview with Melvyn Bragg (5 April 1994)
Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
Stand up, Nigel Barton (1965)
Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
The Singing Detective (1986)
“Philip Marlow: Minute by minute we make the world. We make our own world.”
The Singing Detective (1986)
Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
"Occupying Powers," The Guardian (28 August 1993); the quote is from the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival (27 August 1993) and refers to John Birt and Marmaduke Hussey, who were then Director-General and Chairman of the BBC.
Jack Hay was based on Ron Brewer, who had been Potter's agent when he was Labour candidate for East Hertfordshire in the 1964 general election.
Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton (1965)
Barton incriminates Pringle, who has bullied him, in the crime of destroying the class's daffodil; the daffodil was actually destroyed by Barton himself.
Stand up, Nigel Barton (1965)
G. Fuller (ed.), Potter on Potter (Faber and Faber, 1993), p. 14
On his candidature in East Hertfordshire in the 1964 general election, which formed the basis of his play "Vote, vote, vote for Nigel Barton"
Final television interview with Melvyn Bragg (5 April 1994)
“My only regret is to die four pages too soon.”
Final television interview with Melvyn Bragg (5 April 1994)
Pringle, "the class comic", has been asked to choose the bible reading for a secondary school class. He has a reputation for knowing "all the dirty bits in the bible off by heart," according to Nigel Barton's narration. The quote is from Ezekiel, chapter 23, verses 1-3.
Stand up, Nigel Barton (1965)
Stand up, Nigel Barton (1965)