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Romeo & Juliet (1978)

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Considered the greatest love story of all time and a bona fide "hit" for over 400 years, Romeo & Juliet is full of passion and oration, Shakespeare's most popular tragedy, it expresses love and death better perhaps, than any work in the English language.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:47

Othello (1981)

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Jealousy in love is one of the most common 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.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

03:28

Macbeth (1983)

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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.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:28

Julius Caesar (1979)

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Breaking all conventional rules of drama, shakespeare creates neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Instead, this great tragedy presents complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another, and themselves.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:41

Hamlet (1980)

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This richly costumed production maintains all the tension of a murder mystery as it examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt and death.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

03:42

Hamlet

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Mel Gibson and Glenn Close star in Shakespeare's tale of treachery, madness and murder. Follow the prince of medieval-era Denmark as he faces the treachery behind his royal father's death. Supporting cast includes Alan Bates as Claudius and Paul Scofield as the ghost of Hamlet's father. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:15

Ethan Frome

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Frome, a lonely, poverty-stricken, nineteenth-century New England farmer, has long and faithfully cared for his bitter, invalid wife, but when his wife's distant young cousin comes to take over as housekeeper, she and Frome succumb to forbidden passion with tragic results

Director:

John Madden

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:39

Learn Shakespeare Tragedies Origins & Style (2002)

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This program helps students gain an appreciation and understanding of Shakespeare. After exploring Shakespeare's life and the time of the English Renaissance, this program contains sections on understanding Shakespeare's poetry and the elements of Elizabethan drama.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

00:45

Learn Shakespeare Tragedies Origins & Style

An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe (2000)

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Includes a dramatization of "A Tell-Tale Heart" (25 min.); Performances of his poetry including This program from the Master Poets Collection features "To My Mother," The Conqueror Worm," "Annabel Lee," "Eldorado," "Evening Star," "To Helen," "The Haunted Palace," "Israfel," "The City in the Sea" and "The Raven"(34 min.); Stories & Tales Audio Theater (approx.116 min.) includes "The Cask of

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:56

A Tale of Two Cities

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The ultimate tale of love, honor and sacrifice during the bloodstained French Revolution is movingly brought to life in this sumptuous production. The dashing Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride) stars in dual roles as the cynical lawyer Sydney Carton and the disenchanted aristocrat Charles Darnay, both in love with the same woman (Alice Krige, Silent Hill, TV's Deadwood). Also starring Peter Cushing (Star Wars), this Golden Globe-nominated version of the Charles Dickens classic thrillingly captures all the drama and emotion of one of history's most explosive eras.

Director:

Jim Goddard

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:36

You've Been Sentenced!

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This sentence-building game uses unique five-sided cards with multiple conjugations of a base word. With a hand of 10 cards, players try to score the most points per round by constructing the longest, grammatically correct, and sensible sentence.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Play Time:

30 min.

The Gift of the Magi

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Dramatization of the story by O. Henry. A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other a Christmas gift and the ironic sacrifice they make.

Director:

Scott Mansfield

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:20

Of Mice and Men

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John Steinbeck's classic work comes to life in this film starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in depression at happens after they get hired at the Tyler ranch and their world is ripped apart by tragedy when there is an accidental death.

Director:

Gary Sinise

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:50

Frankenstein

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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and life and death, Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted to life, the creature proves even more human than his creator. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and abandoned him. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

Director:

Kevin Connor

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

03:24

A Raisin in the Sun

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by Academy Award®-winner Sidney Poitier (Best Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1963).

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:08

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Romeo & Juliet (1978)

Othello (1981)

Macbeth (1983)

Julius Caesar (1979)

Hamlet (1980)

Hamlet

Ethan Frome

Learn Shakespeare Tragedies Origins & Style (2002)

An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe (2000)

A Tale of Two Cities

You've Been Sentenced!

The Gift of the Magi

Of Mice and Men

Frankenstein

A Raisin in the Sun

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