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British literature History 16th century British literature History 17th century Drama 16th century Drama 17th century Hamlet (Legendary character) Drama Irish literature History 16th century Motion picture music Princes Denmark Drama Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 DramaSummary: A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMSummary: Youthful innocence and passionate love are lost to greed, deceit and murder in Shakespeare's immortal "Hamlet." Hamlet is visited one dark night in a dream by the spirit of his dead father, proclaiming his untimely death at the hand of his own brother, Claudius. Greed is the motive. The prize is the throne and his beloved wife, Gertrude.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMSummary: Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAMShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMSummary: The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play ShakespeareBranagh, Kenneth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4372 BRASummary: Winner of five Academy Awards, the International Grand Prix of Venice, the New York Film Critic's Award, and the Parents Magazine Award for Extraordinary Merit, Olivier's Hamlet is no doubt the premier teaching tool for Shakespeare classes-Olivier's breadth of view of both the protagonist and the entire play will be enjoyed again and again by the teacher, while making the text comprehensible...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When his Tucson, AZ school's theater department is threatened to be cut, failed-actor-turned-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz writes a play that he hopes will solve everything. He decides to write a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Now, the drama department will stage one of the most politically incorrect musical extravaganzas ever seen. Dana and his class will put it all on the line for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HAMSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ambrose Video Pub. 1980
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS HAMShakespeare, William
Summary: "Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a spectre from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge"--Container.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 ShakeSummary: Shakespeare's troubled character comes to life in this program in the capable hands of leading scholars, as they discuss the major themes of the play, its plot, and the actions of its main characters. Analyzing key scenes, scholars Russell Jackson and Stanley Wells of Stratford-upon-Avon offer insights into the underlying meaning of Hamlet's eloquent soliloquies, as well as the play's eight...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Hunt, Marvin W.
Summary: Setting itself apart from the usual discussions about Hamlet, Hunt here demonstrates that Hamlet is much more than we take him to be. Much more than the sum of his parts--more than just tragic, sexy youth and more than just vain cruelty--Hamlet is a reflection of our own aspirations and neuroses. This book investigates the many searches for Hamlet, from their origins in Danish mythology through...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 HUNMcDonald, Megan
Summary: "It's spring break, and Stink is faced with a difficult choice: hang out at home with his sister, Judy, or become a Shakespeare Sprite with his friend Sophie of the Elves. Hanged be! When Sophie tells Stink that there will be swordplay and cursing at Shakespeare camp, his choice is made. But wait! How now? The eager young thespian hadn't counted on Riley Rottenberger being a Sprite, too. And he...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series McDonald 2020Bloom, Harold.
Summary: Hamlet: poem Unlimited is Bloom's attempt to uncover the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play itself, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, making us question the very nature of theatrical illusion. In twenty-five brief chapters, Bloom takes us through the major soliloquies, scenes, characters, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 BLOShakespeare, William
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charnwood 1991
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 822.33 SHASpratt, R. A.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Doyle, Patrick
Contents: In pace (Plácido Domingo, vocal) (3:07) -- Fanfare (0:48) -- All that lives must die (2:40) -- To thine own self be true (3:04) -- The ghost (9:55) -- Give me up the truth (1:05) -- What a piece of work is a man (1:50) -- What players are they (1:33) -- Out out thou strumpet fortune (3:11) -- To be or not to be (1:53) -- I loved you once (3:27) -- Oh, what a noble mind (2:41) -- If once a widow...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC HAMShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the text of William Shakespeare's tragedy in which Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, struggles with the decision whether to avenge his father's murder, and includes text glosses; details on Shakespeare's life, world, and theater; and an essay that offers a modern perspective on the play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 822.33 SHAEmmons, Buddy.
Contents: Country boy / Vince Gill featuring Paul Franklin & Tommy White -- That's all it took / Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell featuring Steve Fishell -- Blue jade / Duane Eddy featuring Dan Dugmore -- Are you sure / Willie Nelson -- This cold war with you / JayDee Maness -- Half a mind / John Anderson featuring Buck Reid -- Wild mountain thyme / Greg Leisz -- Rainbows all over your blues / Albert Lee...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY BIGShakespeare, William
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 999 ShaSummary: Called "the greatest Hamlet of his generation" by Guardian reviewer Robert McCrum, Scottish actor David Tennant headlines this edgy film version of the acclaimed 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company stage production. Tennant is supported by a host of gifted players-including the impeccable Patrick Stewart as Claudius and Oliver Ford Davies in an astonishing performance as a doddering yet strangely...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010