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 RavenhillΒ choosesΒ Casanova, Dennis Potter's first tv serial. Broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 1971, Casanova starred Frank Finlay as the 18th century libertine.
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Dennis Potter
Dennis PotterΒ on Casanova, and the difference between writing for films and tv.
FromΒ Scan 25Β NovΒ 1971 - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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