Mark Ravenhill
Chooses the tv series Casanova by Dennis Potter
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Royal Shakespeare Company Writer in Residence 2012. Creator of ITV sitcom Vicious. Plays include Mother Clap's Molly House and Ten Plagues.
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Casanova by Dennis Potter
The writer Mark Ravenhill聽chooses聽Casanova, Dennis Potter's first tv serial. Broadcast on the 91热爆 in 1971, Casanova starred Frank Finlay as the 18th century libertine.
From the Archive
Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter聽on Casanova, and the difference between writing for films and tv.
From聽Scan 25聽Nov聽1971 - 91热爆 Radio 4
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