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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. The setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic backdrop of Verona Beach with these star-crossed lovers.
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1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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To finance Bassanio's voyage to Belmont to win the hand of Portia, Antonio borrows money from the Jew Shylock with a pound of his own flesh as collateral. The ships sink and Shylock demands his pound of flesh. Portia disguises herself as a lawyer and wins the case by specifying that Shylock cannot take one drop of Antonio's blood.
6) Coriolanus
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English
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Shakespeare's tragic drama about a Roman general tested by rioting, war, rejection-and his own all-consuming anger.
Enraged by the withholding of food, the common people of the Roman Republic are rebelling against the elite. In this battle between plebeians and patricians, Caius Marcius has little patience for those he considers beneath him and his family.
After his military victory in the city of Corioli, Marcius is given the nickname Coriolanus...
7) The tempest
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An interpretation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, with elaborate staging and modern touches. It tells the story of Prospero, the magician, who lives with his nubile daughter on an enchanted island and punishes his enemies when they are shipwrecked there. It's a study of sexual and political power in the guise of a fairy tale.
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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 the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111...
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Criterion collection volume 190
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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日本語
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Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
11) Richard II
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1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Richard II.
12) Julius Caesar
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Julius Caesar's closest allies and confidants plot his downfall.
13) King Lear
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1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm....
14) As you like it
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An adaptation of one of Shakespeare's comedies about the star-crossed lovers Orlando and Rosalind.
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1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
17) Romeo and Juliet
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1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew tells the tale of the sharp-tongued Kate, who must marry before her younger sister, Bianca, is allowed to find a suitor. Undaunted by her waspish reputation Petruchio attempts to woo the not-so-fair maiden, but is faced with a tirade of poisonous insults"--Container.
19) Macbeth
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1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, in his quest for power murders his king and assumes the throne. The two embark on a guilt-ridden reign of terror.
20) Why Shakespeare?
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1 videodisc (21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Various famous and not so famous individuals state the effect that Shakespeare's works have had in their lives. A main video presentation accompanied by seventeen vignettes.
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