Son of Man (play)

Son of Man is a television play by British playwright Dennis Potter which was directed by Gareth Davies. It premiered in The Wednesday Play slot on 19 April 1969 starring Irish actor Colin Blakely and was an alternative depiction of the last days of Jesus, leading to Potter being accused of blasphemy by Mary Whitehouse.

It was also adapted for the stage and played at the Roundhouse, London, with Frank Finlay in the leading role.

The works of Dennis Potter

Television plays	The Confidence Course (1965) Alice (1965) Almost Cinderella (unproduced, 1965) Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) Where the Buffalo Roam (1966) Message for Posterity (1967) The Bonegrinder (1968) Shaggy Dog (1968) A Beast with Two Backs (1968) Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Son of Man (1969) Lay Down Your Arms (1970) Angels Are So Few (1970) Paper Roses (1971) Traitor (1971) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Only Make Believe (1973) A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (1973) Joe's Ark (1974) Schmoedipus (1974) Double Dare (1976) Where Adam Stood (1976) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Blade on the Feather (1980) Rain on the Roof (1980) Cream in My Coffee (1980) Visitors (1987) Brimstone and Treacle (1987)

Television serials	Casanova (1971) Late Call (1975) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Tender Is the Night (1985) The Singing Detective (1986) Christabel (1988) Blackeyes (1989) Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Karaoke (1996) Cold Lazarus (1996)

Films	Pennies from Heaven (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Dreamchild (1985) Track 29 (1988) Secret Friends (1991) Midnight Movie (1993) Mesmer (1993) The Singing Detective (2003)

Stage	Sufficient Carbohydrate (1983)

Select publications	The Glittering Coffin (1960) The Changing Forest: Life in the Forest of Dean Today (1962) Hide and Seek (novel, 1973) Waiting for the Boat: Dennis Potter on Television (1984) Ticket to Ride (novel, 1986) Potter on Potter (1993) Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews, A Lecture and A Story (1994)

The Wednesday Play series

Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) · Up the Junction (1965) · Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) · Cathy Come Home (1966) · A Beast With Two Backs (1968) · Spoiled (1968) · Son of Man (1969) · No Trams to Lime Street (1970) · The Year of the Sex Olympics (1970) · The War Game (1985, completed 1965)