Mr Potter and his 'Beast'

Griffiths, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-4508 (2024) Mr Potter and his 'Beast'. The New Regard, 40. pp. 48-58.

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Abstract

In 1968 television dramatist Dennis Potter was already a controversial figure in his native Forest of Dean when for his next play he took as inspiration a notorious local event: the killing of the bears. Such was the potency of this dark moment in Forest history that reaction against Potter’s choice of subject prompted a slew of letters to the local newspapers even before filming had started. This correspondence provides a fascinating insight into the Forest community’s relationship with the events of eighty years before, but even more so with Potter himself.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dennis Potter; Television; Space; Place; Identity; History; Forest of Dean
Subjects:	A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Depositing User:	Jason Griffiths
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2025 15:52
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2025 15:15
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14734

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