Dennis Potter work. "The Confidence Course" script was liked by "Wednesday Play" script editor Roger Smith who then commissioned Potter to write what became the second Nigel Barton play for the new anthology series. "Alice" (also 1965), his next transmitted play, chronicled the relationship between Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his "nom de plume", Lewis Carroll, and his muse Alice Liddell. The play drew complaints from the descendants of Dodgson, and of Macmillan, the publisher, who objected to the way the relationship was depicted. George Baker played Dodgson. Potter's most highly regarded works from this period were the semi-autobiographical plays "Stand
Edwin Dodgson of St James Church in Jamestown, St Helena. St James is the oldest Anglican place of worship south of the equator, having been consecrated in 1772. As at Tristan, so also at St James, Dodgson encouraged choral services and worked hard in the parish. Indeed, this was the only time in his ministry when Dodgson had his own parish church. It appears that his relationship with the elderly Bishop of St Helena was difficult. Another member of the clergy on the island wrote, "I am afraid that poor Mr. Dodgson is not the comfort to the Bishop that was anticipated".