A Beast With Two Backs...is back - part two!
In the summer of 2015 the village of Lydbrook, in the Forest of Dean, remembered its role in Dennis Potter’s landmark play, A Beast with Two Backs, in an exhibition, talks, discussions, and screening of the play.
As well as celebrating the community’s role in this important piece of television history, it was also an opportunity to find new information about the production, reaction to its 1968 broadcast, and how people feel seeing the play today.
Starting on Friday 16th December 2016 (running until 12th March 2017) at the Dean Heritage Centre is another opportunity to see the exhibition - updated to include what was discovered during the 2015 show. Located in the Centre's Gallery 41 this new pop up exhibition is next to the Potter Room permanent exhibition where visitors can find out more about his life and work in the setting of a recreated 1950's Forest of Dean sitting room. The Centre is also the home of a vast collection of his scripts and papers housed in the Dennis Potter Archive. Visitors can also enjoy the Potter audio trail on site, and, in a film with local historian John Belcher, discover the important Forest locations in Potter's life.
This latest exhibition continues the long-standing relationship between the Dean Heritage Centre and the University of Gloucestershire's School of Media.
As well as celebrating the community’s role in this important piece of television history, it was also an opportunity to find new information about the production, reaction to its 1968 broadcast, and how people feel seeing the play today.
Starting on Friday 16th December 2016 (running until 12th March 2017) at the Dean Heritage Centre is another opportunity to see the exhibition - updated to include what was discovered during the 2015 show. Located in the Centre's Gallery 41 this new pop up exhibition is next to the Potter Room permanent exhibition where visitors can find out more about his life and work in the setting of a recreated 1950's Forest of Dean sitting room. The Centre is also the home of a vast collection of his scripts and papers housed in the Dennis Potter Archive. Visitors can also enjoy the Potter audio trail on site, and, in a film with local historian John Belcher, discover the important Forest locations in Potter's life.
This latest exhibition continues the long-standing relationship between the Dean Heritage Centre and the University of Gloucestershire's School of Media.