Videos on Literature and Philosophy

King Lear 2010

Peter Brook, Fred Rickey, Andrew McCullough, Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, Margaret Phillips, David J Stewart, Alan Badel, Beatrice Straight,  Alistair Cooke, Virgil Thomson, William Shakespeare, Robert Saudek Associates, Archive of American Television, and E1 Entertainment (Firm)

King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters' skill at false adulation. The king takes away her portion of the kingdom, despite the pleadings of some of his most loyal nobles. It is not long before Goneril and Regan reveal their deep ingratitude, and soon the old king finds himself in a confusing and desperate position. 1 videodisc (82 min.)

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Macbeth 2002

A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head. 1 videodisc (140 min.) :

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Macbeth c2010

William Shakespeare,  Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Feast, Scott Handy, Martin Turner, Rupert Goold, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Illuminations (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, and PBS Distribution (Firm)

Adaptation of the stage production which relocates the action to a nameless 20th-century underground facility, offering a parable of the quest for power in the modern world. 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.)

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Maqbool 2003

Vishal Bharadwaj, Bobby Bedi, Abbas Tyrewala, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, William Shakespeare, Kaleidoscope Entertainment (Firm), and Eagle Home Entertainment (Firm)

An Indian adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth set against the backdrop of Bombay's mafia world. 1 videodisc (128 min.) :

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Much ado about nothing 1998

Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Richard Briers, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Blessed, and William Shakespeare

With his wedding a week away, hot-blooded 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 the rakish Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing. 1 videodisc (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-55

 

Much ado about nothing 2002

William Shakespeare,  Joseph Papp, A. J Antoon, Kathleen Widdoes, Sam Waterston, Douglass Watson, Barnard Hughes, Peter Link, New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, Kultur International Films, and Broadway Theatre Archive

Though this turn-of-the-century version of Shakespeare's classic tale of romance has Roosevelt's Rough-Riders and bicycle-riding suffragettes, the story is the same: Beatrice and Benedick fight their merry war of words; the evil Don Juan conspires to disrupt the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's up to Dogbery to save the day. 1 videodisc (165 min.)

MEDIA 10-655

 

The tempest

Story of the sorcerer, Prospero, and his daughter who have been stranded on an island for twelve years. 1 videodisc (126 minutes)

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All's well that ends well 1980

Elijah Moshinsky, William Shakespeare, Celia Johnson, Ian Charleson, and Angela Down

Delightful scenes and clever characters contribute to the frivolity of this light comedy in whcih Shakespeare uses one of his favorite devices--trickery.  Helena, new wife of the young Count Bertram, resorts to chicanery to win the respect and affection of her husband -- a plot relished by Elizabethan playgoers.  By extolling the cunning of a woman in love, this play exemplifies a typical element of medieval romance. 3 videocassettes (141 min.)

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Angoor 2002?

Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterji, Devan Verma, Dipti Navala, Utpal Datta, Gulazara, Jai Singh, and IndiaWeekly.com

Comedy of twins, based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-982

 

Antony and Cleopatra 1980

Colin Blakely, Jane Lapotaire, and William Shakespeare

A sequel to Shakespeare's great tragedy, "Julius Caesar," this play is known for its memorable poetry, intricate planning and remarkable characterizations.  In this play, Antony, the once heralded leader becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool.  It is Cleopatra who provides endless enthrallment.  The multiple sides of her nature are brought out so clearly that she has been called the most fascinating woman of her own or any other age. 3 videocassettes (171 min.)

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Antony and Cleopatra 1993

William Shakespeare,  John Scoffield, Trevor Nunn, Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Corin Redgrave, and Patrick Stewart

Shakespeare's towering romantic tragedy, filled with alliances, rumors, battles, betrayals and death, comes to the screen in a strikingly dramatic staging. 1 videocassette (161 min.)

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Antony & Cleopatra  1987?, 1980

Colin Blakely, Jane Lapotaire, Jonathan Miller, and William Shakespeare

A dramatization of Shakespear's famous play which explores the calamitons consequences of an overwhelming passion. 1 videocassette (171 min.)

DANA 901

 

As you like it 198-?

William Shakespeare, Paul Czinner, Laurence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner, Sophie Stewart, Leon Quartermaine, and Henry Ainley

Film adaptation of Shakespeare's well known comedy. A pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France. 1 videocassette (96 min.)

MEDIA 2-1582

 

As you like it 1978

Basil Coleman, William Shakespeare, Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, and Richard Pasco

Lyrical and light hearted, this is a comedy about all kinds of love--physical and intellectual, sentimental and cynical, enduring love between friends, and romantic love at first sight.  It's full of song; it's Shakespeare's Valentine.  It's also about the roles society sometimes forces us to play. 2 videocassettes (150 min.)

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As you like it 1987

William Shakespeare,  Cedric Messina, Basil Coleman, Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco, Angharad Rees, James Bolam, Geoffrey Burgon, and William Walton

A dramatization of Shakespeare's comedy about all kinds of love--physical and intellectual, sentimental and cynical, enduring love between friends, and romantic love at first sight. 1 videocassette (150 min.)

DANA 900

 

Brook by Brook, an intimate portrait The tragedy of Hamlet c2005

Yvon Davis, Simon Brook, Peter Brook, Marie-Hélčne Estienne, Fabienne Pascaud, Josie Miljevic, Adrian Lester, Jeffrey Kissoon, Natasha Parry, Bruce Myers, Scott Handy, Shantala Shivalingappa, William Shakespeare, Arte France cinéma (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, Arte Video (Firm), and Facets Video (Firm)

Brook by Brook: A revealing film about Peter Brook made by his son, Simon, offering a privileged view into Brook's family, theater, and films in a collective father-son journey that is personal and moving. Tragedy of Hamlet: Discover the new meaning in Hamlet in Peter Brook's original performances in Paris and its worldwide theatrical tour. 1 videodisc (204 min.)

MEDIA 10-784

 

Comedy of errors 1983

Roger Daltrey, James Cellan Jones, and William Shakespeare

Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's farce about two pairs of twins involved in an elaborate series of mistaken identities. An elderly merchant, his wife, twin sons, and their twin attendants become entangled in a series of mistaken identities involving money, the jealous wife, her unattached sister, a kitchen wench and a courtesan to a point where they think themselves bewitched. In the end, as befits a farce, the whole family is joyfully reunited. 1 videocassette (109 min.)

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Coriolanus 1983

Elijah Moshinsky, William Shakespeare, Irene Worth, and Alan Howard

In the last of his tragedies, Shakespeare gives Coriolanus as much human warmth as he can, shows clearly his virtues and defects, and accounts for his downfall wholly in terms of his own character.  By focusing on human character rather than on political agreement, Shakespeare reveals a man who is essentially unattractive--one who can be admired for his strength, his openess, even the firmness of his political idealism--but one whom it is impossible to pity or love. 2 videocassettes (145 min.)

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Cymbeline 1982

Elijah Moshinsky, William Shakespeare, Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom, and Helen Mirren

The fanciful story of Imogen, daughter of Britian's King Cymbeline, whose evil second queen forces Cymbeline to banish Imogen's husband, Posthumus, because she wants to force Imogen to wed her thick-witted son, Cloten.  Posthumus flees to Rome, where he is lured by a wily Italian, Iachimo, into wagering on Imogen's fidelity.  Iachimo tricks Posthumus into believing that he has seduced the faithful Imogen, but as in all of Shakespeare's tragicomedies, everything is eventually redolved and tragedy is diverted by love and forgiveness. 2 videocassettes (174 min.)

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Cyrano de Bergerac 1990

Edmond Rostand, Keith Williams, Michael Simpson, Derek Jacobi, Sinead Cusack, John Carlisle, John Bowe, Tom Mannion, and Pete Postlethwaite

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne.  The bold Cyrano boasts he can deflect a hundred men in sword fight but because of his grotesque nose lacks the confidence to court the woman he loves.  Yet so entranced with Roxanne is Cyrano that he uses the eloquence of his poetry to woo her for a rival. 2 videocassettes (177 min.)

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A dream in Hanoi 2003

Tom Weidlinger, F. Murray Abraham, Central Dramatic Company of Vietnam, Artists Repertory Theater of Portland, Oregon, Vietnam's National Theater of Music & Dance, Moira Productions, Dateline Productions, and Bullfrog Films, inc

Vietnamese and American artists join forces to stage Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in Hanoi. 1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA 2-6452

 

Exploring a character 1990

John Carlaw and William Shakespeare

Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood. Given the same text from The merchant of Venice and the same direction, the different readings of the part demonstrate the infinite variety of Shakespeare's work. 1 videocassette (51 min.)

MEDIA 2-1012

 

Falstaff lyric comedy in three acts 1993

Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, William Shakespeare, Janet Perry, Christa Ludwig, Giuseppe Taddei, Herbert von Karajan, Piero De Palma, Francisco Araiza, and Rolando Panerai

2 videocassettes (135 min.)

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera presents A midsummer night's dream 1981

Benjamin Britten, William Shakespeare, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Ileana Cotrubas, Dale Duesing, Felicity Lott, and Bernard Haitink

Presents on adaptation of William Shakespeare's play in which four lovers and a group of naive bumpkins fall into the hands of Oberon and Tytania. 1 videocassette (VHS) (156 min.)

MUSIC 121

 

Hamlet 1980

William Shakespeare, Rodney Bennett, Derek Jacobi, and Claire Bloom

In what is perhaps his greatest tragedy, Shakespeare uses a tense and consistently exciting drama for murder, conspiracy and revenge as a medium for inquiring into the most fundamental problems: justice, guilt, madness, death, and the difficulty of understanding oneself and others.  Hamlet himself is the most complex and contraversial of all Shakespeare's characters. 2 videocassetes (203 min.)

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Hamlet 1988

Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, and William Shakespeare

Laurence Olivier stars in and directs this classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer. 1 videocassette (155 min.)

MEDIA 2-548

 

Hamlet 1991

Mel Gibson, Franco Zeffirelli, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, and Helena Bonham Carter

Shakespeare's tale of the Danish prince who broods long on his father's murder, but whose action, when it comes, proves swift and terrible for all. 1 videocassette (135 min.)

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Hamlet 1992

William Shakespeare, Leon Garfield, Natalia Orlova, and Michael Kitchen

Prince Hamlet must face the challenge of avenging his father's murder in this tragic story of revenge.  1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 974

 

Hamlet 1997

William Shakespeare,  Tony Richardson, Neil Hartley, Nicol Williamson, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull, Gordon Jackson, Judy Parfitt, and Mark Dignam

Hamlet's father, the King of Denmark, is murdered by his brother Claudius in order to gain the throne.  When the ghost of the old King tells Hamlet to kill Claudius, Hamlet is torn between the desire to avenge his father's death and his reluctance to shed blood.  In the end, tragedy destroys them all. 1 videocassette (119 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 973 2-1447

 

Hamlet 1997

David Barron, Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Gérard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Richard Briers, Kate Winslet, and William Shakespeare

An adaptation of Shakespeare's greatest creation. 2 videocassettes (ca. 242 min.)

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Hedda 1987

Trevor Nunn, Glenda Jackson, Timothy West, Peter Eyre, Patrick Stewart, Jennie Linden, and Henrik Ibsen

Frustrated by the pointlessness of her middle class married life, the strong-willed Hedda realizes her only satisfaction comes from manipulating others. Casting an insidious net of influence over both her passive husband and a volatile former lover, Hedda is soon overwhelmed by her own cynical schemes as they spiral out of control--with tragic results. 1 videocassette (ca. 103 min.)

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Henry IV 1979

William Shakespeare,  Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, and David Gwillim

A richly colorful panorama of Medieval English life, ranging from the uncertain future of his son and his people, to rural Gloucestershire, where old Justice Shallow reminisces about his lost youth. There is a passage of time which brings the older generation closer to the grave and allows the young prince to prepare himself for leadership. The play ends with the death of Henry IV, the banishment of Falstaff, and coronation of Prince Hal as Henry V. 2 videocassettes (151 min.)

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Henry IV 1979

David Giles, William Shakespeare, Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, and David Gwillim

Against a background of Civil War, Prince Hal, the heir to the throne, appears to waste his youth irresponsibly among the low life of the London taverns, in the company of the self-indulgent, treacherous, irresponsible Sir John Falstaff.  The boisterous comedy of the tavern scenes and the political tensions between the King and the rebels lead to the Battle of Shrewsbury, at which the Prince redeems himself. 2 videocassettes (147 min.)

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Henry IV, part I 1992?

William Shakespeare, Cedric Messina, David Giles, Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, and David Gwillim

Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled King Henry IV. 1 videocassette (147 min.)

DANA 906

 

Henry V 1979

William Shakespeare, Cedric Messina, David Gwillim, and Rob Edwards

Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled King Henry V. 1 videocassette (163 min.)

DANA 904

 

Henry V 1979

David Gwillim, Rob Edwards, Martin Neil, David Giles, and William Shakespeare

The third of Shakespeare's plays portraying the emergence of England's most admired national hero, Henry V. He unites his people as he embarks on the invasion of France, deals justly with traitors, tirelessly leads his soldiers to victory and ensures future peace by his marriage to the Princess of France. Shakespeare examines these qualities that make a successful ruler and shows the prince in terms of isolation and responibility that his success entails. 2 videocassettes (163 min.)

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Henry V 1988

William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, and Leslie Banks

Laurence Olivier's innovative movie production of Henry V, Shakespeare's stirring historical play about the English king who defeated the French at Agincourt, is an unqualified film treasure. 1 videocassette (116 min.)

MEDIA 2-547

 

Henry V 1989, 2000

Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench,  Christian Bale, and Simon Rattle

Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe. 1 videocassette (138 min.)

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Henry V 1990

Kenneth Branagh, Bruce Sharman, William Shakespeare, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, and Ian Holm

Thrust onto the throne at a young age, Henry V struggles to become a decisive leader and win the loyalty of his subjects. After being insulted by an emissary from the French king, Henry asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France. He gathers his army and embarks on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe. 1 videocassette (ca. 138 min.)

MEDIA 2-1342

 

Henry VI 1982

Peter Benson, Julia Foster, Jane Howell, and William Shakespeare

Shakespeare demonstrates his skill in creating a riveting clash of personalities. Henry marries Lady Margaret of Anjou, but she despises him for his meekness and takes Suffolk as a lover. The new Queen, who also hates the Yorks (the White Roses), becomes the inspiration of the Lancastrians (the Red Roses). She and her followers are pitted against Richard, Duke of York, and his supporters, who include the Earl of Warwick, also known as "the King maker.". 2 videocassettes (212 min.)

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Henry VI 1982

Peter Benson, Bernard Hill, Jane Howell, and William Shakespeare

Ruthlessness remains the order of the day in the conclusion to the Henry VI chronicles. York, as victor at St. Albans, contemptuously forces Henry to give him succession to the crown. The merciless Margaret captures and taunts York before having him killed, only to be captured herself and compelled to watch as the Yorkists slay her son. In a powerful soliloquy, the vile and dangerous Duke of Gloucester reveals his plans to murder Henry VI. 2 videocassettes (210 min.)

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Henry VI 1982

Jane Howell, William Shakespeare, Peter Benson, and Trevor Peacock

This first part of the Henry VI trilogy recreates Henry's early days as King.  It is the time of wars in France, from the seige of Orleans to the expulsion of the English from the French soil.  True to the popular view at that time, Shakespeare charecterizes the heroine of the French victories, Joan of Arc, as a "minister of Hell" and a wanton.  On the homefront we glimpse the beginning of the long civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster. 2 videocassettes (185 min.)

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Henry VIII 1979

Kevin Billington, Claire Bloom, John Stride, and Julian Glover

The pageantry and grandeur of many of Shakespeare's plays often mask greed, envy, and a neverending struggle for power.  So it is with "Henry VIII," the last play Shakespeare wrote, which spins a web of intrigue and betrayal.  This production was shot at one of Henry's favorite haunts, Leeds Castle.  Ceremonies are enacted in the very rooms through which the king passed in pomp and circumstance nearly 500 years ago. 2 videocassettes (180 min.)

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Irony and ambiguity 1990

John Carlaw

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of irony and ambiguity. Barton analyzes some of Shakespeare's texts with the actors, and demonstrates how understanding the intended irony in a phrase or speech totally changes the perception of the character speaking. 1 videocassette (51 min.)

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Julius Caesar 1978

Herbert Wise, William Shakespeare, Richard Pasco, Keith Michell, and Charles Gray

A drama of power, assassination, and revenge, breaking all conventional "rules" of drama.  Many of Shakespeare's other plays depict a clear-cut hero and a villian.  This one has neither.  Instead, Shakespeare gives this play excitement by presenting a broad range of historical personalities and complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with each other--and with themselves. 2 videocassettes (180 min.)

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Julius Caesar 1989

John Houseman, Joseph L Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, James Mason, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, William Shakespeare, Louis Calhern, and Edmond O'Brien

Emperor Caesar, returning to Rome after a triumphant battle, is unaware that Cassius, Brutus and Casca are disturbed by his growing power and are secretly plotting his assassination.  1 videocassette (ca. 122 min.)

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Julius Caesar 1989

Peter Snell, Stuart Burge, Robert Furnival , John Gielgud, Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, Richard Chamberlain, and William Shakespeare

As Rome's greatest emperor, Caesar holds absolute dominion over the conquered world.  But his jealous rivals in the Roman senate wish to rob his power...by taking his life.  Led by the ambitious Cassius and reluctantly joined by the patriotic Brutus, the conspirators secretly plot to assassinate Caesar.  Even the leader's political ally and friend Mark Anthony cannot keep him from his brutal fate; a violent death that will divide the empire's ruling forces and ignite an epic war for honour, vengeance and ultimate power! 1 videocassette (116 min.)

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King Lear 1982

William Shakespeare and Jonathan Miller

Epic in scope, this bitter tragedy about misplaced trust, envy, power and filial ingratitude begins in fairy-tale fashion. Intending to divide his realm among his three daughters, the aged Lear first seeks from each a testimony of her love. Goneril and Regan are perfunctorily forthcomming while Cordelia balks. She is banished, and Lear's Britain plunges into a civil war. Unable to face reality until he is stripped of his wealth and honors, and sent out into a storm to beg, Lear shifts slowly from a dictorial old man to a sad and defeated wreck, descending into madness. 2 videocassettes (185 min.)

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King Lear 1983

William Shakespeare, Michael Elliott, and Laurence Olivier

A foolish king divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters. 2 videocassettes (VHS) (166 min.)

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King Lear 1988, 1970

William Shakespeare, Martin Ransohoff, Michael Birkett, Peter Brook, Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, and Cyril Cusack

King Lear impressed by flattery, divides his kingdom between his two eldest daughters Regan and Goneril. For her honesty, Cordelia, the youngest daughter, is disinherited and sent to wed the King of France without a dowry. Soon the flattery wears thin as Regan and Goneril tire with their retired father's care, and both plot to rule the land. Between war with France and internal conspiracy for selfish gain, the principals are killed, leaving Albany, Goneril's widower, to reestablish the reign. 1 videocassette (138 min.)

MEDIA 2-3768

 

King Lear 1988

William Shakespeare, Patrick Magee, Ray Smith, Wendy Allnut, Beth Harris, Ronald Radd, Patrick Mower, Robert Coleby, and Tony Davenall

Shakespeare's tragedy of the conflict between parent and child, pride and wisdom, expectation and fulfillment. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

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King Lear 1998

Richard Eyre, Joy Spink, Sue Birtwistle, Ian Holm, Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman, David Lyon, Michael Simkins, Victoria Hamilton, Adrian Irvine, and William Shakespeare

Film version of the Royal National Theatre production of King Lear, William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters. 2 videocassettes (ca. 150 min.)

DANA 954

 

King Lear 2010

Peter Brook, Fred Rickey, Andrew McCullough, Orson Welles, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Bramwell Fletcher, Margaret Phillips, David J Stewart, Alan Badel, Beatrice Straight,  Alistair Cooke, Virgil Thomson, William Shakespeare, Robert Saudek Associates, Archive of American Television, and E1 Entertainment (Firm)

King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters' skill at false adulation. The king takes away her portion of the kingdom, despite the pleadings of some of his most loyal nobles. It is not long before Goneril and Regan reveal their deep ingratitude, and soon the old king finds himself in a confusing and desperate position. 1 videodisc (82 min.)

MEDIA 10-1868

 

King Lear (Russia, 1971) 1996

William Shakespeare and Grigorii Mikhailovich Kozintsev

A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters. 1 videocassette (ca. 140 min.)

DANA 851

 

Korol  Lir po tragedii Shekspira c1996

IUrii IArvet, Elsa Radzin , Valentina Shendrikova, Grigorii Mikhailovich Kozintsev, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, William Shakespeare, Lenfil m, Soveksportfil m (Firm), and Nostalgia Family Video (Firm)

Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of the fall of a king and father. Elicits the themes of sanity and madness, authority and obedience, devotion and ingratitude. 1 videocassette (ca. 140 min.)

MEDIA 2-6694

 

Laurence Olivier presents Hamlet 1987

William Shakespeare,  Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Anthony Quayle, and Terence Morgan

Film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. 2 videocassettes (VHS) (147 min.)

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Laurence Olivier's presentation of Henry V by William Shakespeare 1986

William Shakespeare and Laurence Olivier

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Henry V. 2 videocassettes (VHS) (ca. 135 min.)

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Looking for Richard 1997

Penelope Allen, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Conway, Al Pacino, Estelle Parsons, Aidan Quinn, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey, Harris Yulin, Michael Hadge, Frederic Kimball, John Gielgud, Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, and William Shakespeare

Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. Interviews with mostly British actors are also included, attempting to explain why American actors have more problems performing Shakespearean plays than they do. 1 videocassette (112 min.)

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Love's labour's lost 1984

Elijah Moshinsky, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Kent, Christopher Blake, and Geoffrey Burridge

A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry, the play tells how the King of Navane and his three lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women.  But, when the Princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them.  At the end, news comes of the death of the King of France, and the ladies depart, refusing to marry until their suitors have undergone a year's probation--hence the play's title. 2 videocassettes (120 min.)

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Macbeth 198-?

Judith Anderson, Maurice Evans, George Schaefer, Albert McCleery, House Jameson, Richard Waring, Guy Sorel, Staats Cotsworth, and William Shakespeare

A live television production of the Shakespeare play in which Macbeth murders Duncan, the King of Scotland.  However, Macbeth's insatiable lust for power soon leads to his own destruction. 1 videocassette (103 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 887 2-1505

 

Macbeth 1948, 1988

Orson Welles, William Shakespeare, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, and Roddy McDowall

Shakespeare's Macbeth with Orson Welles in the title role. Moved by his own burning ambition and that of his unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland and seizes his crown. But his insatiable lust for power soon leads Macbeth towards his own destruction. 1 videocassette (89 min.)

MEDIA 2-1504

 

Macbeth 1972 ; 1985

Francesco Maria Piave, Andrea Maffei, Kostas Paskalis, Josephine Barstow, James Morris, John Pritchard, Giuseppe Verdi, and William Shakespeare

2 videocassettes (148 min.)

MUSIC. MUSIC 7 cassette 1 7 cassette 2

 

Macbeth 1982

William Shakespeare, Jane Lapotaire, Nicol Williamson, and Jack Gold

The savage, ghost-ridden tragedy of "Macbeth" is one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays.  The action in "Macbeth" is simple and brutally direct.  Told by a trio of witches that he's fated to become king of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, murders his king and assumes the throne.  The two embark on a guilt-ridden reign of terror.  The play charts their fall from power and the corruption and ruin of their souls: Lady Macbeth kills herself, and Macbeth is cut down in battle. 2 videocassettes (148 min.)

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Macbeth 1984

William Shakespeare and Orson Welles

Film version of the classic Shakespeare play, starring Welles as Macbeth, the ill-fated King of Scotland. 1 videocassette (89 min.)

MEDIA 2-25

 

Macbeth 1986

William Shakespeare, Roman Polanski, Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, and Andrew Braunsberg

A nightmarish vision of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the lust for power and its bloody consequences. 1 videocassette (139 min.)

MEDIA 2-1419

 

Macbeth 1987

Brian Large, Luca Ronconi, Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Goetz Rose, David Griffith, Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, James Morris, Dennis O'Neill, Claus Endisch, and Giuseppe Sinopoli

Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition, murder, madness and revenge in medieval Scotland as set to music by Giuseppe Verdi. 1 videocassette (150 min.)

MUSIC 217

 

Macbeth 1988

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's tragedy of a Scots nobleman driven to regicide by an ambitious wife and his own lust for power. 2 videocassettes (VHS) (ca. 150 min.)

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Macbeth 1992? Ý

William Shakespeare, Shaun Sutton, Jack Gold, Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire, Mark Dignam, and Tony Doyle

In this classic story of murder, witchcraft, and revenge, Macbeth, driven by overwhelming ambition and an unscrupulous wife murders the King of Sotland and claims the throne for himself. He begins a violent reign of terror and execution in a desperate attempt to maintain his power. 1 videocassette (148 min.)

DANA 939

 

Macbeth 2007

Geoffrey Wright, Victoria Hill, Martin Fabinyi, Sam Worthington, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet, William Shakespeare, Film Finance Corporation Australia, Film Victoria, Arclight Films (Firm), Paradigm Hyde Films, Mushroom Pictures (Firm), Starz Home Entertainment (Firm), and Union Station Media (Firm)

Driven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MUSIC 145

 

Macbeth c2010

William Shakespeare,  Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Feast, Scott Handy, Martin Turner, Rupert Goold, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Illuminations (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, and PBS Distribution (Firm)

Adaptation of the stage production which relocates the action to a nameless 20th-century underground facility, offering a parable of the quest for power in the modern world. 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.)

MEDIA 10-2176

 

Measure for measure 1978

Davis Desmond, William Shakespeare, Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan, and Tim Pigott-Smith

Imagine a world where a sexual relationship between unmarries people is punishable by death.  That is the law in Vienna, in "Measure for measure," one of Shakespeare's most contraversial comedies.  The predicament of Isabella, torn between her attempt to save her brother's condemned life and her vows to God, shows Christian virtue tried to the breaking point. 2 videocassettes (145 min.)

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The Merchant of Venice 1980

Jack Gold, Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, William Shakespeare, and John Franklyn-Robbins

A blend of tragic and comic material, this is one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays.  The crux of the ambiguity lies in the character of the Jewish moneylender, Shylock.  The play's central theme is really the conflict between the world of legislation and the world of mercy.  The play has wonderful, contradictory ambiguities. 3 videocassttes (157 min.)

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Merchant of Venice 1990

William Shakespeare,  Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, Jack Gold, and Jonathan Miller

A dramatization of Shakespeare's play entitled The Merchant of Venice. 1 videocassette (157 min.)

DANA 1044

 

The Merchant of Venice 1993

William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston, John Sichel, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Rodin, and Jonathan Miller

A television version of Jonathan Miller's London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. The play is set in the Venice of 1860. Laurence Olivier stars in Shakespeare's story of the young Venetian and the Jew who lends him money on the security of one pound of flesh. 1 videocassette (131 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1236 2-2159

 

The merry wives of Windsor 199-?

William Shakespeare,  Shaun Sutton, David Jones, Richard Griffiths, Judy Davis, Ben Kingsley, Prunella Scales, British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service, British Broadcasting Corporation, Time-Life Video, Time-Life Television, and Ambrose Video Publishing

One of Shakespeare's most amiable plays, "Merry wives" brings together an assortment of sure-fire theatrical elements: an inept con man, a jealous husband with a mischievious wife, a pair of young lovers, a dose of disguise, considerable slapstick, an elopement, and a concluding spectacle to delight the audience. 1 videocassette (167 min.)

MEDIA 2-7177

 

Merry wives of Windsor 1982

Shaun Sutton, William Shakespeare, Richard Griffiths, Judy Davis, and Ben Kingsley

One of Shakespeare's most amiable plays, "Merry wives" brings together an assortment of sure-fire theatrical elements: an inept con man, a jealous husband with a mischievious wife, a pair of young lovers, a dose of disguise, considerable slapstick, an elopement, and a concluding spectacle to delight the audience. 2 videocassettes (ca. 168 min.)

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A Midsummer night's dream 1981

Phil Daniel, Peter McEnery, Elijah Moshinsky, Helen Mirren, and William Shakespeare

Presents William Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers, and tradesmen-actors.  Plots intertwine as we watch entangled love affairs; the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon, his queen Titania and the frolicsome wee folk. 1 videocassette (ca. 110 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1022 2-1022 2-1022

 

A Midsummer night's dream 1987

Jonathan Miller, Elijah Moshinsky, Helen Mirren, Peter McEnery, Pippa Guard, Brian Glover, Nigel Davenport, Nicky Henson, Robert Lindsay, Cherith Mellor, Geoffrey Palmer, Phil Daniels, and William Shakespeare

Hermia is promised to wed Demetrius, but she loves Lysander, who escapes with her to the forest.  Demetrius follows them with Helena, who loves him.  Oberon and Titania of the fairies are arguing.  Oberon's servant Puck applies to various people a love-potion which creates a bizarre series of alliances and arguments, but all ends happily. 1 videocassette (112 min.)

DANA 902

 

A midsummer night's dream Le songe d'une nuit d'été : opéra en trois actes = Ein Sommernachtstraum : Oper in drei Akten c2005

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, David Daniels, Ofčlia Sala, Gordon Gietz, Deanne Meek, William Dazeley, Brigitte Hahn, Peter Rose, Emil Wolk, Harry Bicket, Robert Carsen, Michael Levine, Peter van Praet, Matthew Bourne, François Roussillon, Escolania Montserrat, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain) , Orquestra Simfňnica, and ARTE France

Event Note: Recorded in performance, Apr. 2005, Gran Teatre del Liceu2 videodiscs (157 min.)

MUSIC 83

 

Much ado about nothing 1984

Stuart Burge, William Shakespeare, Cherie Lunghi, and Robert Lindsay

The first of Shakespeare's three great romantic comedies of love.  "Much ado" involves Hero, an innocent slandered heroine who is denounced for unchastity by her intended bridegroom, Claudio, at their wedding.  She faints, and is presumed dead.  But, "Much ado" is a comedy, and a happy ending is brought about by the investigations of the incredibly bungling constable, Dogberry, whose chief trait is his persistent misuse of words. 2 videocassettes (150 min.)

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Much ado about nothing 1993

William Shakespeare,  Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Stephen Evans, and David Parfitt

With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend devises delightful mischief--a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she most loves to hate--Benedick. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 787 2-2267

 

Much ado about nothing 1998

Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Richard Briers, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Blessed, and William Shakespeare

With his wedding a week away, hot-blooded 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 the rakish Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing. 1 videodisc (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-55

 

Much ado about nothing 2002

William Shakespeare,  Joseph Papp, A. J Antoon, Kathleen Widdoes, Sam Waterston, Douglass Watson, Barnard Hughes, Peter Link, New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, Kultur International Films, and Broadway Theatre Archive

Though this turn-of-the-century version of Shakespeare's classic tale of romance has Roosevelt's Rough-Riders and bicycle-riding suffragettes, the story is the same: Beatrice and Benedick fight their merry war of words; the evil Don Juan conspires to disrupt the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's up to Dogbery to save the day. 1 videodisc (165 min.)

MEDIA 10-655

 

 

 

"O" 2002, c2001

William Shakespeare, Eric Gitter, Daniel L Fried, Anthony Ruhlen, Brad Kaaya, Tim Blake Nelson, Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Elden Henson, Andrew Keegan, Rain Phoenix, John Heard, Anthony Johnson, Martin Sheen, Dimitri Buchowetzki, Chickie the Cop (Firm), Daniel Fried Productions, Rhulen Entertainment (Firm), Trimark Home Video (Firm), and Lions Gate Home Entertainment

A provocative tale of jealousy, seduction and betrayal. A controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic "Othello". "O" is the schools' best basketball player and NBA hopeful. He is adored by all including his coach and a beautiful classmate. "O" has a troubled friend, who is the coaches' son and he is deeply resentful of his fathers preference to "O" on and off the court. The seeds of mistrust are sown and it sets into motion a disturbing chain of events. 2 videodiscs (94 min.)

DANA 94

 

Othello 1981

Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Penelope Wilton, and William Shakespeare

Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions.  In "Othello," Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that lingers in the memory, and a prime example of a tragic hero, Othello himself.  The result is perhaps his greatest triumph as a stage play.  When the evil Iago plants the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's fidelity, audiences around the world have been held spellbound. 2 videocassettes (ca. 202 min.)

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Othello 1988

William Shakespeare, Janet Suzman, David Pupkewitz, John Kani, Richard Haddon Haines, Joanna Weinberg, Dorothy Gould, Frantz Dobrowsky, and Neil McCarthy

A controversial and powerful interpretation of William Shakespeare's tragedy by South African born actress Janet Suzman. 2 videocassettes (187 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1866 cassette 1 2-1867 cassette 2

 

Othello 1995

Oliver Parker, Luc Roeg, David Barron, Larry Fishburne, Irčne Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, and William Shakespeare

The passionate love and marriage of a wealthy Venitian--Desdemona and Othello, a Moor and respected warrior in the service of the Duke of Venice, destroyed by the evil spirit and plots of Iago, the supposed faithful servant of Othello. 1 videocassette (ca. 124 min.)

MEDIA 2-2967

 

Othello 1995 1990

William Shakespeare, Trevor Nunn, Greg Smith, Michael Grandage, Ian McKellen, Clive Swift, Willard White, Imogen Stubbs, Zoë Wanamaker, and Marsha Hunt

Television adaptation of the original stage performance of Shakespeare's play, using nontraditional costume. 2 videocassettes (206 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2892 2-2893

 

Othello 1996

Stuart Burge, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Joyce Redman, Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne, and William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. 1 videocassette (167 min.)

DANA 934

 

Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1983

David Jones, William Shakespeare, Mike Gwilyn, and Amanda Redman

Pericles is the story of the prince of Tyre, who is pursued by the vengeance of King Antiochus because he discovered the monarch's incestuous relationship with his daughter.  Fleeing from place to place, Pericles is shipwrecked, courts and marries Thaisa.  Their child, Marina, raised by friends when Thaisa is believed to have died, is kidnapped by pirates and sold into a brothel before Thaisa is discovered alive and the family is joyfully reunited. 2 videocassettes (177 min.)

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Perspectives on illusion ; Speech and silence 1992

Fran Dorn, William Scott Bealmear, and Scott Hilton Davis

In "Perspectives on illusion," an interview with set designer Chris Barecca and a documentary overview of types of theatre demonstrate the interviewing of text and technique in dramatic setting. In "Speech and silence," the artistic director of the Shakespeare theatre at the Folger, Michael Kahn, demonstrates interpretation of dramatic language in a workshop with actors. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1746

 

The pirates of Penzance c2001

Joseph Papp, Joshua White, Wilford Leach, Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose , Patricia Routledge, Rex Smith, Tony Axito, W. S Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films

Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous and comedic operatic tale of Federic, a 'slave to duty' pirate, and the lowly band of 'orphaned' pirates, is captured in all its fun and glory in this never before released production. 1 videocassette (128 min.)

MEDIA 2-7677

 

Preparing to perform Shakespeare 1990

Peter Walker

Director John Barton works on a scene from Troilus and Cressida with Alan Howard, Michael Pennington, and Ian McKellen.  The actors describe the thoughts that run through an actor's mind as he prepares for a major sililoquy. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-1015

 

Ran 1999

Akira Kurosawa, Serge Silberman, Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, William Shakespeare, Jinpachi Nezru, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, and Takeshi Nomura

An aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons. They turn against each other and their father, spawning a whirlwind of chaos and leaving the old man insane, the kingdom shattered and the family destroyed. 1 videodisc (ca. 162 min.)

MEDIA 10-1

 

Rehearsing the text 1990

John Carlaw and William Shakespeare

Concentrating on a scene from the Twelfth Night, presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and reading of the lines in search of Shakespeare's clues to character, language, and staging. Barton and the actors demonstrate how verse itself is a clue to the meaning. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-1016

 

Richard II 1978

David Giles, William Shakespeare, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, and Jon Finch

In the 20th century, it may seem natural enough to replace a bad ruler with a good one, but for the people of the 14th century, kings and queens ruled by divine right.  A rebellion against even the most corrupt monarch (unless he was an unjust tyrany) was viewed as an uprising. 2 videocassettes (157 min.)

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Richard III 1982

Jane Howell, William Shakespeare, Martin Shaw, and Brian Protheroe

A huge success in its day, this historical play includes many devices that mark Shakespeare's early style.  The action centers around the character of Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villian who usurps the crown.  Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultous reigh of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne, an intricate period in English history. 2 videocassettes (228 min.)

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Richard III 1985

Laurence Olivier and William Shakespeare

1 videocassette (138 min.)

MEDIA 2-110

 

Richard III a Bollywood musical 2003 distributed 2007

William Shakespeare,  Serge Tampalini, and Murdoch University

A musical adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Presented as part of the Advanced Production unit at Murdoch University, 2003. 2 videodiscs (ca. 85 min.) sd., col

MEDIA 10-1430

 

Romeo and Juliet 1978

Alvin Rakoff, William Shakespeare, Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, and John Gielgud

Probably the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, and yet also a challenging and endlessly surprising work.  It's full of passion, impetuosity and exquisite language, and--perhaps more than any other work in the English language--it's an expression of love in almost all of it's infinite variety. 2 videocassettes (165 min.)

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Romeo and Juliet 1980

Franco Zeffirelli and William Shakespeare

1 videocassette (138 min.)

MEDIA 2-31

 

Romeo and Juliet 1990

William Shakespeare, Renato Castellani, Sandro Ghenzi, Joseph Janni, Lawrence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Woodland, Mervyn Johns, Sebastian Cabot, Bill Travers, Lydia Sherwood, and John Gielgud

Laurence Harvey stars in this video release of the 1954 screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic play of star-crossed lovers. 1 videocassettes (ca. 135 min.)

MEDIA 2-1500

 

Romeo and Juliet ballet in three acts 2000?

Paul Czinner, Sergey Prokofiev, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron, Michael Somes, John Lanchbery, and William Shakespeare

This is the famed Royal Ballet production featuring Nureyev and Fonteyn at the peak of their careers. 1 videodisc (130 min.)

MUSIC 21

 

The Royal Opera production of Otello c1992

Arrigo Boito, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus, Georg Solti, Brian Large, Elijah Moshinsky, Jane Pleydell-Bouverie, William Shakespeare, Giuseppe Verdi, Royal Opera House (London, England), Covent Garden Pioneer, British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service, and Kultur International Films

A performance of Verdi's last tragic opera, Otello. Based on the original Shakespeare play, this tragic story of love and intrigue was adapted by librettist Boito. 1 videocassette (146 min.)

DANA 2064

 

Set speeches and soliloquies 1990

John Carlaw

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of dialogue and soliloquy for story and audience purposes. Barton explains the differences between the two, what they contain, and how they arise. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-1011

 

Shakespeare and his theatre the Globe 1993

Alan Afriat, C. Walter Hodges, John Russell Brown, T. J. B Spencer, and Christopher Neame

Scenes of present-day London and London of Shakespeare's time are  compared, as the history and design of the Globe Theatre are described. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 1682

 

Shakespeare drama's DNA 2001

Richard Eyre and Roger Parsons

Traces the evolution of Shakespearean drama, from the days of the Rose to the best performances of the last hundred years. 1 videocassettes (60 min.)

DOUGLASS 239

 

The Shakespeare mystery 1989

Judy Woodruff and Kevin Sim

Frontline investigates the plays of William Shakespeare from an "insider's" view of the political process of the European courts of his time. Puzzled scholars and literary experts shed new light on the mystery surrounding the greatest author in the English language. Presents the thesis that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were written by Edward De Vere, the Earl of Oxford. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1144

 

Speaking Shakespearean verse 1990

Peter Walker

Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience in which they interpret the rhythms and pronunciation of Shakespeare's English. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-1020

 

The Taming of the shrew 1980

William Shakespeare, John Cleese, and Sarah Badel

One of Shakespeare's most popular and frequently staged plays, "The Taming of the Shrew" is a comic confrontation between the sexes.  Its richness of characterization, fine language, and sparkling wit keep the play constantly before audiences around the world.  When BBC-TV telecast the comedy, it won almost unanimous critical acclaim. 3 videocassettes (127 min.)

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The Taming of the shrew 1983, 1962

Franklyn Seales, Larry Drake, Karen Austin , Bruce Davison, William Shakespeare, John Allison, and Jack Nakano

A dramatization of Shakespeare's play about the courtship of a beautiful but sharp-tempered woman by her persistent suitor. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

MEDIA 2-3566

 

The Taming of the shrew 1987

Franco Zeffirelli, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusak, Michael Hodern, Alfred Lynch, and Natasha Pyne

A look at male chauvinism and women's lib in the 16th century. 1 videocassette (122 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 12 2-1395

 

The Tempest 1980

William Shakespeare, Christopher Gyard, and Michael Hordern

An enchanted island, an exiled duke, young lovers, and a framework of conspiracy set the stage for one of Shakespeare's most dramatic and emotional romances.  Images of the occult reflect the vice and virtues of human nature: the lust for power is ultimately overcome by the need for love.  Shakespeare has combined the fanciful and the realistic in a plot that speaks to audiences today. 2 videocassettes (150 min.)

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The Theater in Shakespeare's time 1973?

Piers Jessop

Deals with the facets and traditions of Elizabethan theater, and visualizes characteristics of the stage, emphasizing the growth and vitality of the theater in Shakespeare's time. 1 videocassette (14 min.)

DANA 1280

 

Throne of blood 1985

Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, and William Shakespeare

A samurai lord kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-376

 

Timon of Athens 1981

William Shakespeare,  Jonathan Pryce, John Shrapnel, and Norman Rodway

This tragedy is Shakespeare's most cynical play.  Timon, a noble Athenian, wildly extravagant with his inheritance, spends it lavishly on his friends.  His money runs out, so do his friends.  This betrayal so affects Timon that he loses his mind and, after he accidentally finds gold, he disposes of it where he thinks it will do the most harm.  Money--its virtues and vices--is powerfully argued in this unusual play. 3 videocassettes (ca. 128 min.)

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Titus Andronicus 1985

Jane Howell, Trevor Peacock, and Eileen Atkins

Set in late Roman times, this tragedy is more legendary than historical, drawing on mythology for the rape and mutilation of Lavinia, and for the banquet at which Tampora, like the legendary Thyestes, is served the flesh of her sons.  In the person of Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare has created a commanding figure of bravery with a flawed sense of honor--a concern more for the reputation of nobility than for its substance. 2 videocassettes (168 min.)

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The tragedy of King Richard the Second  1982, 1981

David Birney, Paul Shenar, Peter MacLean, Mary-Joan Negro, William Woodman, Jack Nakano, and William Shakespeare

A study of a weak, self-centered man who becomes so out of touch with reality that his only defense of his kingdom is the hope that God can save him. 2 videocassettes (172 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3569 cassette 1 2-3570 cassette 2

 

The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice 1993

Orson Welles, William Shakespeare, Suzanne Cloutier, Micheál Mac Liammóir, and Robert Coote

Filmed on location throught out Europe and North Africa, this restored film tells the story of Othello and his short-lived marriange to Desdemona, thanks to the jealousy sown by Iago. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA 2-2306

 

Troilus and Cressida 1981

William Shakespeare,  Anton Lesser, and Suzanne Burden

Troilus and Cressida, a powerful play with well structured characters, shows the dark side of Shakespeare's nature.  Her love is mocked and heroism made absurd.  Instead of whispering sweet nothings to each other, the lovers exchange bawdy jests, and when Cressida deserts her once-adored Troilus, she scarcely gives him a seconf thought.  Meanwhile, on the battle field, the death of the hero Hector at the hand of Achilles is dealt with quickly and unceremoniously. 2 videocassettes (ca. 190 min.)

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Twelfth night 1979

John Gorrie, William Shakespeare, Alec McCowen, Trevor Peacock, and Felicity Kendall

An aristocratic country house, with its owner, servants, and guests, is the setting for a portrayal of the varieties of love: the romantic infatuation of Orsino, the devoted loyalty of Viola and the selfless friendship of Antonio, and the self love of the ambitious steward, Malvolio.  With its practical jokes, lyrics, poetry and haunting songs, "Twelfth night" is the most subtle of Shakespeare's comedies. 2 videocassettes (124 min.)

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Twelfth night 1987

John Gorrie, Cedric Messina, Alec McCowen, Felicity Kendal, Clive Arrindell, Trevor Peacock, Robert Hardy, Annette Crosby, Sinead Cusack, and William Shakespeare

Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio. 1 videocassette (128 min.)

DANA 905

 

The Two gentlemen of Verona 1983

Don Taylor, William Shakespeare, John Hudson, and Joanne Pearce

Both the "two gentleman"--Valentine and Proteus--are in love with Silvia.  Proteus, who has forgotten his old love, Julia, discovers Valentine's plan to elope with Silvia and tells her father, the Duke.  The Duke banishes Valentine, and Silvia leaves to join him, followed by Proteus and his page who is actually Julia in disguise.  After numerous adventures, all come together.  Julia and Proteus agree to marry, and the Duke accepts Valentine and gives him his daughter's hand. 2 videocassettes (137 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1073 cassette 1 2-1073 cassette 1 2-1073 cassette 1 2-1074 cassette 2 2-1074 cassette 2 2-1074 cassette 2

 

The Winter's tale 1981

Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall, Debbie Farrington, Margaret Tyzack, Jane Howell, and William Shakespeare

This romance revolves around reconciliation, a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life. Wrongs committed by one generation are made right in the next. Leontes, King of Sicilia, unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultry. Sixteen years later, their daughter, missing since infancy, is miraculously restored and reconciled with her dead mother, who is brought back to life again. 3 videocassettes (173 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1065 cassette 1 2-1065 cassette 1 2-1065 cassette 1 2-1066 cassette 2 2-1066 cassette 2 2-1066 cassette 2 2-1067 cassette 3 2-1067 cassette 3 2-1067 cassette 3