Absolute Beginners, 674
Admirable Crichton, The, 90, 96, 98
Afore Night Come, 473
Agamemnon, 188
Aida, 404
Airport, 47
Aladdin, and The Enchanted Lamp, 17, 52, 55
analysis, 60–63, 218, 221, 232, 242–243, 270, 277–278, 353, 512, 564
Alexander Nevsky, 669fn
Alice In Wonderland, 5, 17, 87, 88, 96, 97, 98, 209, 251, 396
All’s Well That Ends Well, 120
Amadeus, 387–388
Amleth, 529–530
Ancient Mariner, The Rime of the, 87, 91, 102, 212, 251
Andria, 111
Androcles and The Lion, 26fn
Anna Karenina, 4, 153, 162–164, 259–260, 267, 335, 338–339, 342, 577, 655
Anthia and Habrocomes, 122fn
Antony and Cleopatra, 166–168, 259, 262, 339–340, 577
Around The World In 80 Days, 84–85
Arthur. See King Arthur
Aurularia. See The Pot of Gold
Babar and Father Christmas, 84, 391, 566
Barber of Seville, The, 291fn, 303
Battle of Britain, The, 35
Battleship Potemkin, 669fn
Ben Hur, 670
Benny Goodman Story, The, 59–60, 372–373
Beauty and The Beast, 195–196, 205, 231, 260, 263, 308
Beetle Woman, The (Bushman story), 287–288
Bel Ami, 369–370
Bel and the Dragon, 505–506
Beowulf, 1, 5, 25, 245, 273, 379, 623–624
Billy Goats Gruff, The, 217–218, 230
Blackboard Jungle, 673
Blasted, 490–491
Bluebeard, 313
Blue Lamp, The, 671
Bonnie and Clyde, 4, 160–161, 259, 262, 409, 482, 577
Boscombe Valley Mystery, The, 512
Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Le, 122
Boys From Syracuse, The, 112
Brave New World, 495, 497–499, 503, 663–664
Breath, 445
Breathless (Au Bout de Souffle), 675
Brideshead Revisited, 5, 87, 93, 96, 98, 103, 396
Brief Encounter, 103fn
Brothers Karamazov, The, 499fn, 515fn
Call Me Madam, 670
Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book, 26–27
Carmen, 4, 159–160, 183, 259, 262, 407
Casablanca, 383
Casino Royale, 38
Castle, The, 51
Castle of Otranto, The, 26, 649
Catcher In The Rye, 347, 394–395
Christmas Carol, A, 198–199, 232, 261, 263, 273
‘Christ Myth’, The, 615
Cinderella, 10, 52, 54, 58, 195, 222, 231, 234, 241–242, 267, 270, 273, 277–278, 281–282, 302, 640
Citzen Kane, 509–510
Clockwork Orange, A, 482–483, 494, 678, 686
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 347, 446–448
Cocktail Party, The, 671
Colditz Story, The, 85fn
Comedie Humaine, La, 135
Coming Up For Air, 390–391
Coronation of Poppea, The, 649
Coronation Street, 690
Cosi Fan Tutte, 401
‘Creation Myths’: Judaeo-Christian, 544, 612
others 544–546
Crime and Punishment, 200–202, 236, 260, 264, 297
Crocodile Dundee, 239–240, 257, 267, 300, 690
Dance To The Music of Time, 691
Daphnis and Chloe, 112–113, 121
David (and Goliath), 24, 181–182, 220, 222, 245, 284–285, 303, 379, 546, 613
David Copperfield, 53–54, 221, 241–242, 243, 289, 302–303, 353, 371, 564, 701
Day Of The Triffids, The, 40, 672
Decline and Fall, 93
Descent to the Maelstrom, 46
Devils, The (The Possessed), 168–172, 259, 297, 340–342
Diamond As Big As The Ritz, The, 92
Dick Whittington, 56fn, 57–58, 226
Divine Comedy, The, 6, 69, 235fn, 298, 390, 566, 567, 628–632
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 154–155, 335, 587
Dr Faustus (Thomas Mann), 653–654
Dr Faustus (Marlowe), 173, 174, 281, 329, 334–335. See also Faust
Doctor No, 21–22, 38, 39, 245, 410, 676
Doctor Thorne, 136
Dr Zhivago, 683–685
Don Giovanni, 168, 258, 339–340, 364, 399, 400
Don Quixote, 321–322
Dracula, 27–28
East Lynne, 656–657
Eastenders, 690
Eclipse, The, 676
Emperor’s New Clothes, The, 591fn
Enemy of the People, An, 571, 591
Entertaining Mr Sloane, 475
Epitrepontes, The, 111, 121, 123
Erewhon, 92
parallels with Christ myth, 452fn, 491
Eumenides, The, 188–189
Exodus (Jews from Egypt), 70, 72, 222, 247–248, 273, 389–390, 612
Fantasia, 177fn
Far From The Madding Crowd, 413, 414, 415–417, 418
Faust (legend), 4, 154, 156, 172
Faust (Goethe), 183
Fiddler On The Roof, 593
Fidelio, 205–206
Fledermaus, Die, 140–141
Four Weddings and a Funeral, 6, 149, 151, 257
Frankenstein, 26, 354–358, 364, 652
Friends, 690
Frog Prince, The, 195
From Russia With Love, 410
Gilgamesh, Epic of, 21, 70, 89, 245, 358, 379, 598–601
Giselle, 656
Go Between, The, 93
Golden Ass, The, 87, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 106, 223, 251–252, 298, 393
Goldilocks and The Three Bears, 42, 87, 89, 216
and Rule of Three, 229
Gone With The Wind, 396, 666–667
Grail, Quest for the Holy, 68, 70, 75, 80, 222, 303, 627
Great Escape, The, 85fn
Great Gatsby, The, 663
Gubbio, Wolf of, 26fn
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, 142fn
Guns of Navarone, The, 35, 45, 85fn
Gypsy Baron, The, 140–141
Hamlet, 8, 153, 303, 517, 529–540 (original story 529–530)
Hansel and Gretel, 11, 22, 216, 244, 280
Happy Days, 445
Hard Day’s Night, A, 677fn
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, 320 and fn
Haunted Dolls House, The, 508–509
Heart Of The Matter, The, 671fn
HMS Pinafore, 141
Henry V, 669
Hercules, myth of, 605–606
Heroes of Telemark, 85fn
Hiawatha, 47
High Noon, 36–37, 45, 247, 258, 484, 670
High Society, 148–149, 257, 272, 300
Homecoming, The, 476
Hound of the Baskervilles, The, 511
Huckleberry Finn, 359
I Love Lucy, 690
Il Trovatore, 403
Importance Of Being Earnest, The, 141–142, 256
Inferno, The (Dante) 629–630
Inimitable Jeeves, The, 146–147
Into The Whirlwind, 685–686
In Which We Serve, 668
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 71fn, 391
It’s A Wonderful Life, 199fn, 309, 670
Ivan and the Firebird. See Prince Ivan
Ivanov, 426–427
I Vitelloni, 673
Jack And The Beanstalk, 22, 32, 42, 49, 216
and Rule of Three, 230; 244, 277–278
Freudian and Marxist readings of, 571–573; 640
Jane Eyre, 54, 60, 63–65, 221, 222, 232, 241–242, 243, 258, 271, 302, 353, 375, 556, 564
Jason, myth of, 73, 222, 232, 602
Jekyll and Hyde. See Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Jewel in the Crown, The, 253
Job, Book of, 495–497
John Gilpin, Ballad of, 87
Jonah, story of, 47
Joseph, story of, 53, 58–59, 243–244, 304–305, 612
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 92
Jude The Obscure, 306
Judgement Day. See The Terminator
Jules et Jim, 4, 161–162, 259, 262, 409, 675
Julius Caesar, 166–167, 173, 183
‘Jumping Mouse’ (Cheyenne story), 561–562, 699–700
Jurassic Park, 35
Justine (Misfortunes of Virtue), 386, 457–460, 494, 650
Kimba The White Lion, 286fn
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 388–389, 671
King and I, The, 670
King Arthur, story of, 273, 297
King Lear, 69, 184–185, 226, 232, 258–259, 260, 308, 399
King Solomon’s Mines, 69, 72–73, 80–81, 232, 248, 303
Kiss Me Kate, 670
Knack, The, 677fn
Knacker’s Yard, The, 473
Krapp’s Last Tape, 445
L’Avare (The Miser), 112, 122–123
La Dame Aux Camellias, 386
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 467–470
trial of, 470–471; 479, 480, 494, 662–663, 675
Last Exit To Brooklyn, 475–476, 481, 494
Last of The Mohicans, 383
Last Tango In Paris, 484, 678, 686
Lavender Hill Mob, The, 671
Leave It To Psmith, 146
Le Grand Meaulnes, 103–104, 396
L’Etranger (The Outsider), 441–442
Lion King, The, 286–287
Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The, 88, 97, 297
Little Red Riding Hood, 22, 42, 216, 231
and rule of three, 280
Live And Let Die, 38
Lolita, 4, 154, 155, 182, 335–336, 471
Look Back In Anger, 149, 273, 489, 673, 675fn
Lord of the Flies, The, 90, 96
Lord of the Rings, The, 5, 6, 8, 69, 71, 87, 297–298, 311
includes all seven plots 316–321, 383fn, 404, 410, 566, 648fn, 668, 678, 694–695
Lost Horizon, 92
Love’s Labours Lost, 114–115
Lucia di Lammermoor, 401–402, 463
Macbeth, 17, 154, 182, 29, 226 and fn, 258–259, 262, 331, 333–334, 409, 431, 581
Madame Bovary, 4, 153, 162, 164–166, 259–260, 338–339, 342, 577
Magic Flute, The, 297, 302, 312, 324–327
Magnificent Seven, The, 35–36
Malade Imaginaire, The, 122–123
Malone Dies, 425
Manon Lescaut, 407
Mansfield Park, 134–135
Marat/Sade, The, 474
Marriage of Figaro, The, 107, 125–129, 234
Mayor of Casterbridge, The, 414, 419–420
Measure For Measure, 120–121
Meistersinger, Die, 139–140, 256, 294–295, 297
Merchant of Venice, The, 118–119, 258, 273
Metamorphosis, 99fn
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, 107, 115–116, 123, 151
Moll Flanders, 65
Moonraker, 38
Moonstone, The, 508
Mousetrap, The, 514–515
Much Ado About Nothing, 118–119, 123
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The, 515
Murder On The Orient Express, 515
Murders in the Rue Morgue, The, 506–507
Musgrave Ritual, The, 511
My Fair Lady, 51, 53, 242, 375–377
Mystery Of Edwin Drood, The, 508
Neighbours, 690
New Accelerator, The, 97
Nicholas Nickleby, 34, 244, 289, 656
Night At The Opera, A, 145
Night In Casablanca, A, 107, 144
Night To Remember, A, 680
Nineteen Eighty Four, 6, 347, 495, 499–502, 664, 683
Northanger Abbey, 134
Not I, 445
Odyssey, The, 5, 69, 70–71, 73, 75, 221–222, 233, 247, 248–250 and fn, 262, 267
compared with Ulysses 464; 466, 567, 601, 603–604, 614–615, 703
Oedipus Tyrannos, as whodunnit, 8, 11, 512, 517, 518–522, 602, 616
Oedipus at Colonus, 522–526, 540
Oklahoma, 670
Old Curiosity Shop, The, 656
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, 685
On The Road, 674
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, The, 395
Oresteia, The, 187–189, 512, 607
Orpheus and Eurydice, 83, 103, 104
Otello, 404
Othello, 152, 259, 298, 402, 652
Our Mutual Friend, 136
Outsider, The. See L’Etranger
Paint Your Wagon, 670
Parable of the Cave (Plato), 699–700
Paradiso, 631–632
Parsifal, 627
Passport To Pimlico, 671
Patriot For Me, A, 476
Peer Gynt, 208–213, 227, 260, 261, 263–264, 271, 321
Pere Goriot, 352–354
Pericles, 588
Persuasion, 135
Perseus, myth of, 18, 23–24, 25 and fn, 28, 245, 270, 277–278, 602, 603, 616
Peter Pan, 5, 88–89, 96, 97, 98
Peter Rabbit, 5, 87, 89, 99, 216, 230–231, 233, 251–252, 302, 283–284, 313
Philadelphia Story, The, 148–149
Picture Of Dorian Gray, The, 153, 158–159, 182, 281, 387
Pilgrim’s Progress, 69, 72, 75, 222, 566fn
Pirates of Penzance, The, 141
Pit and the Pendulum, The, 379
Poet and The Women, The (Thesmophoriazusae), 109, 688
Pot Of Gold, The (Aurularia), 110
Power And The Glory, The, 671fn
Psycho, 472–473, 480, 485, 494, 675
Pride And Prejudice, 119fn, 133–134, 256
Prince Ivan And The Firebird, 311, 312–315
Private Lives, 148
Prodigal Son, parable of the, 87, 99
Purgatorio, 630–631
Quatermass stories, 41–42, 246
Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 69, 388
Rear Window, 510fn
Rebel Without A Cause, 673
Reign Of King George VI, 497fn
Remembrance of Time Past (Recherche du Temps Perdu), 425, 432–438
Repulsion, 678
Return of the Native, The, 414, 418
Richard III, 153, 181–182, 331, 577, 581
Riddle Of The Sands, The, 247fn
Rigoletto, 402–403, 463, 649, 656
Ring of the Nibelungen, 404–406
Rite of Spring, The, 660
Rivals, The, 124
Robin Hood, legend of, 273, 302, 311, 315–316
Robinson Crusoe, 5, 90, 96, 100, 101, 102, 106, 233
Rock Around The Clock, 673
Roman Holiday, 104fn
Romeo and Juliet, 4, 189–190, 402
Room At The Top, 371–372
Rosemary’s Baby, 678
Rosenkavalier, Der, 139–140, 256, 294
Rouge et Le Noir, Le. See Scarlet and The Black, The
Saint George and the Dragon, 25–26, 245
Samson, story of, 186–187, 260, 584
Scarlet And The Black, The, 67, 348–352, 368–369, 577, 652, 675fn
Schindler’s List, 582fn
School For Scandal, 124–125, 132, 256, 281
Seagull, The, 427–428
Secret Garden, The, 206–208, 234, 272
Sense And Sensibility, 134
Seraglio, The, 291fn
Sergeant Bilko, 587
Seven Samurai, The, 35
Sforza del Destino, La, 403
She Stoops To Conquer, 124
Shoot The Pianist, 675
Sicilian Vespers, The, 404
Silas Marner, 202–203, 206, 260, 264
Silence Of The Lambs, The, 486–487, 494
Simpsons, The, 691–692
Singin’ In The Rain, 147, 256, 309
Six Characters In Search Of An Author, 439–440, 657fn
Sleeping Beauty, 193–194, 230fn, 231, 263, 270, 272, 273
Snow Queen, The, 196–198, 200, 205, 209, 227, 260, 262, 264–265, 271
Snow White, 194–195, 218, 226, 230fn, 263, 270, 277–278, 308
Snow White And Rose Red, 308
Some Like It Hot, 147–148
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, 177fn
Sorrows Of Young Werther, 399–400, 650
SOS Titanic, 680
South Pacific, 670
Space Merchants, The, 503fn
Speckled Band, The, 511
Star Wars, 6, 42–45, 245–246, 273, 297, 78
getting archetypes wrong, 382–383; 449fn, 679
Steptoe and Son, 397
Student Prince, The, 104fn
Study In Scarlet, A, 508
Superman, 448–450
Susanna and The Elders, 505–506
Swan Lake, 656
Sword Of Honour, 671
Taming Of The Shrew, The, 114–115, 257, 271, 300, 688
Tempest, The, 297, 311, 322–324, 327fn, 540
Tender Is The Night, 440–441, 657
Terminator, The, 491–494
Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, 414, 421, 463
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The, 484–485, 494, 676, 686
Theseus, myth of, 24, 245, 247, 258, 270, 277–278, 602, 603
Thesmophoriazusae, 290
Third Man, The, 5, 94, 103, 686
Thomas Crown Affair, The, 690
Three Languages, The (Grimm), 233–234
Three Little Pigs, 217–218, 230
Three Musketeers, The, 37, 234, 244, 273
Three Sisters, The, 429–430
Till Death Us Do Part, 397
Time Machine, The, 5, 87, 92, 96, 103, 251, 659fn
Titus Andronicus, 455
Tom Jones, 132–133, 256, 281, 293–294
Tosca, 407–408
Towering Inferno, The, 47
Treasure Island, 69, 71fn, 385, 392
Tristan and Isolde, 627
Troilus And Cressida, 267, 636–637, 643
Turnip, The (folk tale), 268
Twenty Thousand (20,000) Leagues Under The Sea, 92
Two Gentlemen Of Verona, 115
Ugly Duckling, The, 51, 54, 57–58, 234, 242, 269
Ulysses, 463–466, 494, , 662–663
Uncle Vanya, 428–429
Under The Greenwood Tree, 413, 415
Up The Junction, 476
Utopia, 91
Vertigo, 510fn
Vice Versa, 94–95
Volpone, 118
Volsunga Saga, 405
Waiting For Godot, 347, 425, 426, 443–445, 465, 501
War And Peace, 131, 136–138, 256, 273, 282, 297, 302, 397, 588
War Of The Worlds, The, 5, 39, 449fn, 658
Watership Down, 69, 70, 72, 75, 81, 222, 248, 391, 678–679
Way Ahead, The, 669
Way To The Stars, The, 669
What Makes Sammy Run?, 67–68, 370–371
What’s New Pussycat?, 677fn
Wild One, The, 673
Winter’s Tale, A, 121–122, 128–129, 234, 256, 272, 295–296, 588, 691
Wizard Of Oz, The, 5, 68, 96, 396, 666–667
Woman In White, The, 508 and fn, 656
Woman of Andros, The, 111
Wooden Horse, The, 88fn
Woodlanders, The, 414, 420–421
You Only Live Twice, 410–412