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Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
5) Macbeth
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Has any other love story become so enmeshed in our culture as the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? In fair Verona the families of Montague and Capulet are locked in a long-standing, bitter blood feud when young Romeo Montague slips into a masquerade party at the Capulet's. During the dance he glimpses Juliet, the daughter of the house, and is struck by love at first sight. She returns his passion and they promise each other everlasting love notwithstanding...
9) Titus
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
Author
Series
William Shakespeare's Star Wars volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Formats
Description
Presents the tale of yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker's struggles between light and dark in iambic pentameter.
11) Romeo & Juliet
Description
A modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare play, with the two families now being rival gangs
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Shylock has grown wealthy through money-lending, the only profession open to Jewish businessmen of the time, but faces indignity and danger when he ventures beyond the Jewish quarter. In the same city, though in a different world, lives Antonio, a Christian merchant beset by worry over the fate of his trading vessels and his increasing isolation from his best friend Bassanio. The younger man has fallen in love with the beautiful Portia, and seeks...
13) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Description
A tormented prince of Denmark has mixed feelings about avenging his father's murder.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Paris, 1911. Andre du Monde, director of a famous horror theater, has married a young girl from the country. As a child, Andre experienced something terrible. Now he can't be close to anyone except by frightening them.His wife is frightened too. Because Andre keeps telling her she's going to poison him...Alexander von Reisden, doctor to the mad and Andre's friend, seems to have outlived his own terrible past. He has a wife and a son, and work he loves....
15) Romeo and Juliet
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Presents the Franco Zefferelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
16) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
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.
18) King Lear
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The classic Shakespeare play in which an old king prematurely divides his kingdom among his three daughters.
19) Romeo + Juliet
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A twentieth-century adaptation of Shakespeare's classic drama, set in Verona Beach, in which two teens from feuding families fall in love and secretly marry, setting tragic events into motion. Includes commentaries, documentary about the soundtrack, and featurettes.
20) Gnomeo & Juliet
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingoes and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
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