Summary: Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Hard 2005

Summary: When a trio of witches prophesy Macbeth's ascension to the throne, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband into a murderous spree. But once crowned king of Scotland, Macbeth sees ghastly visions, fueled by guilt and a new prophecy, that ensure his ultimate downfall.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004

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

Shakespeare, 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 Shake

Summary: Escorting his activist daughter home from college, Detective Inspector Ronald Craven watches helplessly as she is gunned down in cold blood. Hell-bent on revenge, his search for her killer leads him into a terrifying encounter with government cover-ups and nuclear espionage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2009

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EDG

Summary: Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the photographs real or just a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Fa

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Composed at the end of Shakespeare's career, the play contains some of his most lyrical dramatic verse.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA