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The Power of Myth

Season 7 · Episode 17 · May 10, 1964

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.

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The Power of Myth

Season 7 · Episode 17 · May 10, 1964

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.