Summary: In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RIC

McKellen, Ian

Summary: Ian McKellen perfoms some of Shakespeare's monologues on stage, with no props or costumes, and discusses some of the plays.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ACT

Summary: 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 HAM

Summary: A presentation of William Shakespeare's chronicle play, Henry V, in which he attempted to present a full-length portrait of the ideal king in action, and used his loftiest rhetoric to this purpose.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing 2004

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS HEN