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Romeo & Juliet

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Shakespeare's classic romance comes to stunning visual life in a refreshingly modern interpretation, bringing new vitality and insight to the most enduring love story ever written. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Rated PG

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High
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02:18
Romeo & Juliet

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.

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High
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00:45
Learn Shakespeare Tragedies Origins & Style

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.

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02:36
A Tale of Two Cities

Rear Window

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Photojournalist L.B. Jeffrie passes the time between visits from his nurse and his girlfriend Lisa by watching his neighbors with his binoculars through the rear window of his room. When Jeffries thinks he sees one of his neighbors murder his invalid wife and dispose of her body, he convinces his girlfriend to investigate. James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in this original 1954 Alfred Hitchcok classic.

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High
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01:55
Rear Window

A Raisin in the Sun

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Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

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02:11
A Raisin in the Sun

Antigone (Dramatized)

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The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone defies the law, sealing her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre resistance and by Germans as an affirmation of authority.

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01:48
Antigone (Dramatized)

Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play! An exciting adventure and wonderful introduction to Shakespeare.

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300L
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00:43
Magic Tree House #25: Stage Fright On a Summer Night (Unabridged)

The Crucible (Dramatized)

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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In the ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor, The Crucible mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria in the 1950s.

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1320L
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03:58
The Crucible (Dramatized)

Traveling Bear and the Talent Show

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When Traveling Bear, Mookie, and Chuga decide to try out for the school talent show, they come up against the intimidating Drama teacher, Mrs. Tucker. Will they brave the dreaded diva to get some answers or miss out on all the fun?

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Traveling Bear and the Talent Show

Shakespeare for Beginners

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Despite the reshifting of values that has affected every aspect of life in the 21st century, William Shakespeare still stands as the greatest writer the English language has ever produced. Even so, many people have never read him. If you have never read “the Bard”–or if you’ve tried and given up in frustration–you need Shakespeare For Beginners.

Shakespeare for Beginners

The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary

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The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary is the ideal one-stop reference for students, scholars, play and movie-goers, and general readers who want to know more about Shakespeare's life and works. Organized in an easily-accessible A-to-Z form and making full use of the latest findings of scholars, it covers all the plays, sonnets, and narrative poems, including detailed plot summaries and accompanying critical discussion, information on relevant literary and historical figures, and the staging of Shakespeare's plays from Elizabethan times to the present.

The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary

The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell Tale Heart

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The Cask of Amontillado 20 min.

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High
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00:40
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

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03:33
Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition