Monitor · SEASON 5
Vincent Van Gogh
Episode 16 · 1962-05-20

- Documentary
Episode overview
The Preservation Man, with Professor Bruce Lacey, A.R.C.A. actor, theatrical property-maker, and collector of the past, from stuffed camels to Victorian families, from Victrola voices to rejected vacuum cleaners. In the studio: Michael Tippett on Music in the Theatre. His new opera "King Priam" has its world premiere at the Coventry Festival on May 29 Vincent Van Gogh Featuring a short film narrated by Cecil Day-Lewis. Using the text of Vincent Van Gogh's own letters, the programme explores the artist's life.
Season 5 episodes
1. Gian-Carlo Menotti1961-09-24
2. The Private World of George Williams1961-10-08
3. Ninette de Valois1961-10-22
4. Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience1961-11-05
5. In Cork1961-11-19
6. Big Soft Nellie1961-11-03
7. Paul Tortelier1961-12-17
8. The Lonely Shore1962-01-14
9. Episode 91962-01-28
10. Do My Ears Deceive Me?1962-02-11
11. Episode 111962-02-25
12. Episode 121962-03-11
13. Pop Goes the Easel1962-03-25
14. What Makes a Tenor?1962-04-08
15. Episode 151962-05-06
16. Vincent Van Gogh1962-05-20
17. Julian Bream1962-06-03
18. Dial for Plato1962-06-12
19. Marcel Duchamp1962-06-17
20. Stratford-on-the-Subway1962-07-01
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