‘What light through yonder window breaks?’: The role of media and the work of Dennis Potter
Through the work of the late television playwright Dennis Potter, this essay sets out to examine the relationship between writer and medium. Questioning the extent to which the various media influence the writing process in terms of both political economy and technological restraints, the work’s principal focus — television — is compared with other media including printed texts. The essay concludes with an assessment of Potter’s skill in using his chosen medium to articulate his own ‘individual voice’.