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Author
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Angelo revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life and Angelo offers to spare him in exchange for her virginity. Angelo's corruption and severity are punished when the Duke reveals that he has witnessed it all.
43) Ruled Britannia
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. The citizenry live under an enforced curfew—and in fear of the Inquisition’s agents, who put heretics to the torch in public displays. And with Queen Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, the British have no symbol to unite them against the enemy who occupies their land.
William Shakespeare has...
William Shakespeare has...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
"Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed. The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely out of the ordinary and fantastic--the very definition...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 484 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays-more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high-school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern English. Why did this happen-and how? Ranging ambitiously across four continents and 400 years, Worlds Elsewhere...
Publisher
A & E
Pub. Date
©2012.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (351 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twelfth night: A popular and enduring comedy revolving around unrequited love and mistaken identity.
Romeo & Juliet: A moving interpretation of Shakespeare's ageless tale of family feuds, star-crossed lovers, and tragedy.
56) Romeo and Juliet
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Given the reputation of Romeo and Juliet in literary circles, theatre programs, and the ordinary world, one would assume that every aspect of this iconic play had long ago been exhausted through relentless study and debate. It's longevity and our persistence with it, however, only enhance Romeo and Juliet's endurance as a piece of writing capable of endless scrutiny and limitless interpretation. The essays within this edition of Critical Insights...
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