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5) Daily life
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the activities and social customs of life during the Renaissance era, including arranged marriages, elaborate dresses, and twelve-course meals.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A visitors' guide to London in 1604, including what to see, where to stay, and where to eat, with sidebars on such topics as proper etiquette, famous residents, and student life at Oxford.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to enhance understanding of Shakespeare's plays, this program brings together visuals dealing with Elizabethan London and the Globe theater, theatrical traditions at the time, and sites associated with Shakespeare's life and family. Includes excerpts from performances.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the new Globe Theatre and creates four of his most famous plays--Henry...
Publisher
Heritage Video
Pub. Date
[between 1980 and 1989?]
Language
English
Description
Tour Shakespeare's birthplace and visit all those famous Shakespearian haunts: Ann Hathaway's cottage, Mary Arden's house, New Place, Hall's Croft, and many more places of interest, including the beautiful Warwickshire countryside.
Publisher
Maya International Vision
Pub. Date
2004, 2003.
Language
English
Description
This four-part series explores the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Mixing travel, adventure, interviews, documentary, and live action sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company, it presents a biography of one Elizabethan: his life, family and friendships, triumphs and disasters, loves and his losses. Viewers see how Shakespeare's life and work were shaped by his times, how he created some of the greatest literature in the world,...