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1) Hamlet
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.. In this richly-costumed production, the greatest tragedy ever written maintains all the tension of a murder mystery as it examines the fundamental issues of justice,...
4) Henry V
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
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.
6) Othello
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In this dramatization of William Shakespeare's tragedy a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello and Iago and culminate in the tragic death of Desdemona.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
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.
8) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Language
English
Description
The concluding cycle of The Hollow Crown, subtitled The Wars of the Roses. Henry VI, Parts I and II and Richard III tell the story of an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. These exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.
10) Romeo & Juliet
Series
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pair of young lovers are destroyed by the hatred of their rival families in what is perhaps the greatest tragic love story of all time.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Juliet lived an agonizing lie for most of her young life. Disguised as the Red Whirlwind, she prowled the shadows of Neo Verona, sword in hand, desperate to end the tyrannous reign of Vile Duke Motague. Nothing else mattered to this lionhearted beauty until the day she laid eyes on Romeo. Handsome and daring, he swooped into her life and absconded with her heart. But now--just as their love begins to blossom--the mysterious entity known as Escalus...
17) Hamlet
Series
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Considered the greatest tragedy ever written, and perhaps the greatest murder mystery as well.
Series
The Hollow Crown volume Henry V
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tells the epic tales of three kings of England in the Middle Ages from the end of the fourteenth century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
19) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.--Container.
