Monitor - Season 7 Episode 17 The Power of Myth

2024-06-07 48 minutes.

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Season - Episode

8 Season 8 Nov 17, 1964

8 - 1

Episode 1 Nov 17, 1964
8 - 2

Joe Tilson Dec 01, 1964
8 - 3

Larkin and Betjeman: Down Cemetery Road Dec 15, 1964
8 - 4

A Christmas Stocking Dec 29, 1964
8 - 5

Robert Lowell Jan 12, 1965
8 - 6

Empson Apart Jan 26, 1965
8 - 7

David Sylvester: What the Pundits Say Feb 09, 1965
8 - 8

Beginning to End Feb 23, 1965
8 - 9

Matters of Time Mar 09, 1965
8 - 10

J.B. Mar 11, 1965
8 - 11

Choice of Surroundings Mar 23, 1965
8 - 12

People in Rather Odd Circumstances Apr 06, 1965
8 - 13

Silence, Exile, and Cunning Apr 20, 1965
8 - 14

The Frozen Frame Apr 27, 1965
8 - 15

The Debussy Film May 18, 1965
8 - 16

Private Eye and Public Place Jun 15, 1965
8 - 17

Always on Sunday Jun 29, 1965
8 - 18

Art and Delusion Jul 13, 1965

7 Season 7 Sep 29, 1963

7 - 1

Walking, Talking, Laughing Dance Sep 29, 1963
7 - 2

Film Man's Sketch Book Oct 13, 1963
7 - 3

The Prince of Denmark Oct 27, 1963
7 - 4

A Sense of Order Nov 10, 1963
7 - 5

Footmarks in Time: Thomas Hardy Nov 24, 1963
7 - 6

Francisco Goya Dec 08, 1963
7 - 7

Episode 7 Dec 22, 1963
7 - 8

Death of My Mother Jan 05, 1964
7 - 9

The Lost Michelangelo Jan 19, 1964
7 - 10

Making the Bedmakers Feb 02, 1964
7 - 11

'An Aged Novelist': Waugh at 60 Feb 16, 1964
7 - 12

Episode 12 Mar 01, 1964
7 - 13

The Marks of Violence Mar 15, 1964
7 - 14

Poet Laureate Mar 29, 1964
7 - 15

Engraver in Montparnasse Apr 12, 1964
7 - 16

The New Generation 1964 Apr 26, 1964
7 - 17

The Power of Myth May 10, 1964
7 - 18

Bela Bartok May 24, 1964
7 - 19

Jean Tinguely sculptor Jun 21, 1964
7 - 20

Alfred Hitchcock Jul 05, 1964
7 - 21

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: York and Lancaster Aug 30, 1964
7 - 22

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Meeting the Children Sep 06, 1964
7 - 23

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: The Dog in the Night Sep 13, 1964
7 - 24

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Life Flows and Overflows Sep 20, 1964
7 - 25

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: The Prodigal Sep 27, 1964
7 - 26

Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare: Abdication and Aggression Oct 04, 1964

6 Season 6 Sep 16, 1962

6 - 1

African Art Sep 16, 1962
6 - 2

Brendan Behan with Colin MacInnes Sep 30, 1962
6 - 3

Poet in a Society Oct 14, 1962
6 - 4

Father and Son Oct 28, 1962
6 - 5

Elgar Nov 11, 1962
6 - 6

Lawrence of Arabia Nov 25, 1962
6 - 7

A Sculpture in the Making Dec 06, 1962
6 - 8

A Child's Christmas in Wales Dec 23, 1962
6 - 9

Tortelier on Bach Jan 06, 1963
6 - 10

Episode 10 Jan 20, 1963
6 - 11

This Sporting Life Feb 03, 1963
6 - 12

Roosevelt, U.S.A. Feb 17, 1963
6 - 13

New Art from Africa Mar 03, 1963
6 - 14

J. B. Priestley Mar 17, 1963
6 - 15

A sight so touching in its majesty...? The New Face of London Mar 31, 1963
6 - 16

Kenneth Williams Apr 14, 1963
6 - 17

Portrait of Margaret Evans Apr 28, 1963
6 - 18

Episode 18 May 12, 1963
6 - 19

Georg Solti of Covent Garden May 26, 1963
6 - 20

Mozart from Vienna Jun 09, 1963
6 - 21

Watch the Birdie Jun 09, 1963
6 - 22

Farewell to the Vic Jun 15, 1963
6 - 23

Eugene O'Neill Jun 23, 1963
6 - 24

Les Structures Sonores Jul 03, 1963
6 - 25

The Sermon Jul 07, 1963
6 - 26

Orchestra to the Orient Jul 06, 1963
6 - 27

Art in a Cold Climate Jul 10, 1963
6 - 28

The Muse in S.W.1 Jul 17, 1963
6 - 29

Nobody Loves a Man in Jail Aug 07, 1963
6 - 30

Go Tell It on the Mountain Aug 14, 1963
6 - 31

Yehudi Menuhin and His Guru Aug 21, 1963
6 - 32

Summer in Salzburg Sep 05, 1963
6 - 33

Tomorrow's Theatre Sep 08, 1963

5 Season 5 Sep 24, 1961

5 - 1

Gian-Carlo Menotti Sep 24, 1961
5 - 2

The Private World of George Williams Oct 08, 1961
5 - 3

Ninette de Valois Oct 22, 1961
5 - 4

Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience Nov 05, 1961
5 - 5

In Cork Nov 19, 1961
5 - 6

Big Soft Nellie Nov 26, 1961
5 - 7

Paul Tortelier Dec 17, 1961
5 - 8

The Lonely Shore Jan 14, 1962
5 - 9

Episode 9 Jan 28, 1962
5 - 10

Do My Ears Deceive Me? Feb 11, 1962
5 - 11

Episode 11 Feb 25, 1962
5 - 12

Episode 12 Mar 11, 1962
5 - 13

Pop Goes the Easel Mar 25, 1962
5 - 14

What Makes a Tenor? Apr 08, 1962
5 - 15

Episode 15 May 06, 1962
5 - 16

Vincent Van Gogh May 20, 1962
5 - 17

Julian Bream Jun 03, 1962
5 - 18

Dial for Plato Jun 12, 1962
5 - 19

Marcel Duchamp Jun 17, 1962
5 - 20

Stratford-on-the-Subway Jul 01, 1962

4 Season 4 Sep 25, 1960

4 - 1

Episode 1 Sep 25, 1960
4 - 2

Musician in Montmartre Oct 09, 1960
4 - 3

The Eye of Cartier-Bresson Oct 23, 1960
4 - 4

Lillian Hellman Nov 06, 1960
4 - 5

Henry Moore Nov 20, 1960
4 - 6

Man In A Landscape Dec 04, 1960
4 - 7

The Light Fantastic Dec 18, 1960
4 - 8

A Book of Hours Jan 01, 1961
4 - 9

Katina Paxinou Jan 15, 1961
4 - 10

Emlyn Williams Jan 29, 1961
4 - 11

12/02/1961 Feb 05, 1961
4 - 12

The Devils of Loudun Feb 26, 1961
4 - 13

Episode 13 Mar 12, 1961
4 - 14

Episode 14 Mar 26, 1961
4 - 15

The Class Apr 09, 1961
4 - 16

The Hollow Crown Apr 23, 1961
4 - 17

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark May 07, 1961
4 - 18

Brecht's Berliner Ensemble May 21, 1961
4 - 19

Episode 19 Jun 04, 1961
4 - 20

Prokofiev Jun 18, 1961
4 - 21

Episode 21 Jul 02, 1961
4 - 22

Monitor: Summer Film Season Jul 09, 1961
4 - 23

Monitor: Summer Film Season Jul 16, 1961
4 - 24

Monitor: Summer Film Season Jul 23, 1961
4 - 25

Monitor: Summer Film Season Jul 30, 1961
4 - 26

Monitor: Summer Film Season Aug 06, 1961
4 - 27

Monitor: Summer Film Season Aug 13, 1961

3 Season 3 Sep 13, 1959

3 - 1

TH White in Alderney Sep 13, 1959
3 - 2

Sean O'Casey Sep 27, 1959
3 - 3

Episode 3 Oct 11, 1959
3 - 4

William Golding Oct 25, 1959
3 - 5

Christopher Isherwood Nov 08, 1959
3 - 6

Sir Thomas Beecham on Delius Nov 22, 1959
3 - 7

Episode 7 Dec 06, 1959
3 - 8

Diego Rivera Jan 03, 1960
3 - 9

Michel St. Denis Jan 17, 1960
3 - 10

Rod Steiger Jan 31, 1960
3 - 11

Lawrence Durrell Feb 14, 1960
3 - 12

Journey into a Lost World Feb 28, 1960
3 - 13

Orson Welles Mar 13, 1960
3 - 14

Profile of a Quartet Mar 27, 1960
3 - 15

Cranks at Work Apr 24, 1960
3 - 16

Young Artista May 08, 1960
3 - 17

Tyrone Guthrie in the studio May 22, 1960
3 - 18

The Caretaker Jun 05, 1960
3 - 19

Episode 19 Jun 19, 1960
3 - 20

Episode 20 Jul 03, 1960
3 - 21

Monitor Summer Film Festival Jul 24, 1960
3 - 22

Monitor Summer Film Festival Jul 31, 1960
3 - 23

Monitor Summer Film Festival Aug 07, 1960
3 - 24

Monitor Summer Film Festival Aug 14, 1960
3 - 25

Monitor Summer Film Festival Aug 21, 1960
3 - 26

Monitor Summer Film Festival Aug 28, 1960

2 Season 2 Sep 14, 1958

2 - 1

Why Cornwall? Sep 14, 1958
2 - 2

Backstage at the Rep Sep 28, 1958
2 - 3

Episode 3 Oct 12, 1958
2 - 4

P. G. Wodehouse Oct 26, 1958
2 - 5

The Innocent Eye Nov 09, 1958
2 - 6

The Living Suburb Nov 23, 1958
2 - 7

Igor Stravinsky Dec 07, 1958
2 - 8

The Face of the Madonna Dec 21, 1958
2 - 9

Tyrone Guthrie Jan 04, 1959
2 - 10

Georges Simenon Jan 18, 1959
2 - 11

Yehudi Menuhin Feb 15, 1959
2 - 12

A Poet In London Mar 01, 1959
2 - 13

French Edition Mar 15, 1959
2 - 14

Episode 14 Mar 29, 1959
2 - 15

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum Apr 12, 1959
2 - 16

Robert Graves Apr 26, 1959
2 - 17

Paddy Chayefsky May 10, 1959
2 - 18

The Mermaid Theatre May 24, 2024
2 - 19

Fritz Kortner Jun 07, 2024
2 - 20

Carl Ebert at Glyndebourne Jun 21, 1959
2 - 21

Wanda Landowska Jul 05, 1959

1 Season 1 Feb 02, 1958

1 - 1

Kingsley Amis Feb 02, 1958
1 - 2

Sam Wanamaker Feb 16, 1958
1 - 3

Paris: The Left Bank Mar 02, 1958
1 - 4

Belgrade Theatre in Coventry Mar 16, 1958
1 - 5

Episode 5 Mar 30, 1958
1 - 6

Episode 6 Apr 13, 1958
1 - 7

Episode 7 Apr 27, 1958
1 - 8

Episode 8 May 11, 1958
1 - 9

Episode 9 May 25, 1958
1 - 10

Episode 10 Jun 08, 1958
1 - 11

Episode 11 Jun 22, 1958
1 - 12

Episode 12 Jul 06, 1958
1 - 13

Episode 13 Jul 20, 1958

Overview

Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Tonight's programme includes: The Power of Myth Rupert Brooke The Marble of Man 'There is always a living face beneath the mask '-W. B. Yeats A new biography by Christopher Hassall reveals for the first time the presence of the man beneath the myth of the soldier-poet. Photograph by courtesy of Faber and Faber Minotaur and Oracle 'The true myth is not so much an invented story as a kind of flexible mould into which a story can be poured... It will adapt itself to the particular nature and circumstances of the artist who uses it...' Anthony Storr talks of the significance of myth and in particular of themes in the recent work of Michael Ayrton.

Year 2024

Studio BBC One

Director Huw Wheldon

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Monitor - Season 7 Episode 17 The Power of Myth

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