From the celebrated author of “Pennies from Heaven” and “The Singing Detective”, on the 10^th anniversary of his death

Presents

DENNIS P OTTER’s

BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS

at

The Ivory, at Fairfield Hotel,

1 Landsdowne Road, Croydon CR9 2BN

Wednesday 17^th-Saturday 20^th November 2004 8pm

First broadcast on 30^th January 1979 by BBC1 ‘Play for Today’, repeated 30^th May 1980 BBC1; 19^th May 1991 Channel 4 “Blue Remembered Hills” won the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Play.

The story revolves around a summer's afternoon in a remote country setting in 1943. A group of seven seven year olds are playing in the forest. Dennis Potter is a master at painting a picture for his audience. We see a fascinating glimpse into childhood and children at play, the laughter of pure joy, the uncertainty of not knowing if you’re doing the right thing and the vicious teasing that ultimately ends in tragedy. A whole range of emotions are displayed by these children over the course of this play. However, all the child characters in “Blue Remembered Hills” are played by adult actors, which adds an interesting and highly entertaining aspect to the piece. Dennis Potter chose to utilise adult bodies as he saw them as a "magnifying glass but also ... as the seismograph which could more truthfully measure the quakes and tremors of childhood's emotions" (Potter 1984).

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