'Message for posterity': The Singing Detective (1986) 25 years on

John Cook

doi:10.1386/josc.4.3.259_1

'Message for posterity': The Singing Detective (1986) 25 years on

John Cook

Media and Journalism

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Abstract

This article offers a reappraisal of Dennis Potter’s television script for The Singing
Detective (BBC, 1986) in the 25th anniversary period of the production’s first broadcast.The article reviews the history of the author’s intellectual engagement with The Singing Detective – of what it meant to him then, when he first saw the production in 1986 and of what it means to him now. It discusses the relationship of The Singing Detective to literary modernism, particularly James Joyce’s novel, Ulysses published in 1922.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-272
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Screenwriting
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/josc.4.3.259_1
Publication status	Published - Aug 2013

Keywords

Dennis Potter
modernism
postmodernism
psychoanalysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities

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10.1386/josc.4.3.259_1

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1 Web publication/site

Michael Gambon: an unshowy actor of enormous range and charm
Cook, J., 29 Sept 2023, The Conversation.
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The Country Boy: investigating the Dennis Potter archive, Forest of Dean, England
Cook, J. R., 13 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Screenwriting. 14, 1, p. 45-58 14 p.
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'Tender Contempt': Dennis Potter's Love-Hate Relationship with 'Play for Today'
Cook, J., 26 Aug 2020
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'Message for posterity': The Singing Detective (1986) 25 years on

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Michael Gambon: an unshowy actor of enormous range and charm

The Country Boy: investigating the Dennis Potter archive, Forest of Dean, England

'Tender Contempt': Dennis Potter's Love-Hate Relationship with 'Play for Today'

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