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Series
Shakespeare collection volume 8
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play about the courtship of a beautiful but sharp-tempered woman by her persistent suitor.
4) The Tempest
Series
Plays volume 9
Publisher
Kultar
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play about Alonso, King of Naples, who is shipwrecked on an enchanted island by the magician Prospero.
Publisher
Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Staged in rehearsal room and modern dress conditions, this is Richard Burton's performance as Hamlet. This play opened on Broadway April 9, 1964. This recording is not derived from a film, but from an attempt to simply record the stage show for one cinematic showing by placing cameras in the stalls during an actual performance.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With his wedding a week away, hot-blooded Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of the rakish Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado...
7) King Lear
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm....
Publisher
[Nostalgia Family Video]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Story of the friendship between the bohemian, boisterous Falstaff and the young Prince Hal, the future King of England. It dramatizes the betrayal of that friendship, and Falstaff's disillusionment when the prince does become king.
9) Othello
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. Lago is determined to bring about the downfall of Othello's new favorite, Cassio, and destroy Othello in the process, by casting aspersions on Othello's new bride.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death.
11) Richard III
Publisher
Criterion Collection [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain, usurps the crown from King Edward IV, and is later killed at Bosworth Field. Henry, Earl of Richmond, ascends the throne as Henry VII, establishing the Tudor dynasty.
Publisher
Critics' Choice Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"The stranger" is a story about an ex-Nazi is allowed to escape from a German war crimes prison after WWII to lead the Allies to a notorious spy planning to revive the Third Reich. The trail leads to a small Connecticut town where intrigue and murder combine for a tense situation. "King Lear" is a Peter Brooks adaptation of Shakespeare's work about an aging king who divides his kingdom between two ungrateful daughters.
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
First performed in 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sophisticated comedy of manners satirizes the extravagance and corruption of London society. "The School for Scandal's" combination of elegant language and earthy comedy weaves a deliciously nasty tale of intrigue, slander and clandestine love affairs. Blair Brown stars in this timeless, witty look at the wages of scandal mongering and social climbing, scheming and hypocrisy.
16) Titus
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a victorious Roman general whose rigid code of honor and duty proves to be his downfall. A shocking journey into the depths of the human heart, a place where vengeance and passion reign supreme.
17) Ages of man
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Performing Shakespeare's legendary monologues and sonnets, one of the most accomplished actors of all time presents his acclaimed one-man tour de force in this unforgettable live broadcast.
18) Doctor Faustus
Publisher
Stage on Screen
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Using the unabridged A Text version of the play, this lucid, stylish and energetic production captures perfectly both the horror and dark humour of Marlowe's tragic work"--Container.
Publisher
VidAmerica
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Cleopatra, the willful child who became a determined monarch and guided Egypt's fortunes. Caesar, her confidante and lover, the man who helped Cleopatra through her transformation. It was a union destined to produce one of history's greatest duos, and an explosive story of power, intrigue and romance.
