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1) King Lear
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
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King Lear is a prosperous but older man who plans to distribute his wealth among his three daughters in accordance to their declarations of love. Two shower him with compliments while the other is unable to participate in a false display of affection.
King Lear decides to step down from the throne and gift his daughters with the spoils of his kingdom. As a test, the size of their inheritance will correlate with how well they flatter him. The two...
3) El rey Lear
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La trágica historia del anciano rey, la ingratitud filial, la locura, el despojo, el engaño, el desilusionado amor paterno, se muestran con tal intensidad −reflejada incluso en el clima− que sobrecogen y conmueven profundamente. El universo de Lear está lleno de contradicciones: donde se debiera respetar la autoridad, se atropella; donde los hijos debiesen honrar a sus padres, los ignoran o traicionan; donde la legitimidad debiese prevalecer...
5) King Lear
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1 videodisc (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Shakespeare's plays in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters.
6) King Lear
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1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Produced by Granada Television in their Manchester studios for transmission by the then fledgling Channel Four, this video production of King Lear is the timeless tale of avarice and lust for power in which a foolish king descends into madness after he divides his vast kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, unleashing a conspiracy of greed and cruelty and bringing tragic consequences for all.
7) King Lear
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the characters of Edgar and Edmund. 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...
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