Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC2 network in November and December 1971. It is loosely based on Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova's Histoire de ma vie. It was Dennis Potter's first television serial, having previously written single plays for the BBC's The Wednesday Play and Play for Today series. Frank Finlay starred in the title role and was nominated for the best actor award at the 1972 BAFTA ceremony. Like much of Potter's work, Casanova's scenes take place out of chronological order, during various times well before and well after the first scene in the series; sometimes an event in the episode will cause a flashback to an earlier period.

Overview

Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC2 network in November and December 1971. It is loosely based on Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova's Histoire de ma vie. It was Dennis Potter's first television serial, having previously written single plays for the BBC's The Wednesday Play and Play for Today series. Frank Finlay starred in the title role and was nominated for the best actor award at the 1972 BAFTA ceremony. Like much of Potter's work, Casanova's scenes take place out of chronological order, during various times well before and well after the first scene in the series; sometimes an event in the episode will cause a flashback to an earlier period.

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Notable quotes

“I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely.”
— History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, vol. 11, chap. 4, p. 112
“I have always had such sincere love for truth, that I have often begun by telling stories for the purpose of getting truth to enter the heads of those who could not appreciate its charms.”
— Memoirs (trans. Machen 1894), book 1, Preface
“Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it[.]”
— History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, Preface, p. 26
“[W]e avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble[.]”
— The Story of My Life (trans. Sartarelli/Hawkes 2001), Preface, p. 3
“Happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure which man possesses[.]”
— History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, Preface, p. 35
“Casanova Research pages at Dickinson College”
— Notes on editions of the Histoire de ma vie

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