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English drama (Tragedy) English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 Feature films III, King of England Richard 1452-1485 Drama Literature, Modern Macaques Thailand Man-woman relationships Drama Monkeys Thailand Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film and video adaptationsFilter By Subjects
English drama (Tragedy) English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 Feature films III, King of England Richard 1452-1485 Drama Literature, Modern Macaques Thailand Man-woman relationships Drama Monkeys Thailand Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film and video adaptationsSummary: 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 HAMSummary: King Henry, now in failing health and still embroiled in war, sends his second son Prince John of Lancaster to the battle. Prince John tricks and defeats the enemy while his older son, the Prince of Wales, is summoned away from Falstaff and his tavern circle to the king's bedside where he assumes the throne upon the death of the king.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ambrose Video Pub. 1987
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS HENSummary: Key scenes of MacBeth are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TeleMedia Productions 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 MACSummary: 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 RICMcKellen, 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 ACTSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TITLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
Summary: Glyndebourne Festival Opera's 1972 production of Verdi's opera, based on Shakespeare's tragic play which studies the all consuming ambition of Macbeth and his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2005
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MACSummary: 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 HENSummary: 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: A look at two young monkeys from rival factions that are falling in love in the mountains of Thailand, and the local simian populations that declare war to keep them apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Animal Planet 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROMSummary: 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: With his wedding a week away, 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 Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003