Drama

King Lear

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A vain king leaves his land to his two least loving daughters and pays a terrible price.

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.

Author:

William Shakespeare

Grade Level:

High

Length:

03:33

The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell Tale Heart

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The Cask of Amontillado 20 min.

Author:

Edgar Allan Poe

Grade Level:

High

Length:

00:40

The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary

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Copies: 1

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.

Author:

Sandra Clark (Editor)

Shakespeare for Beginners

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Copies: 1

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.

Author:

Brandon Toropov

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?

Author:

Christian Joseph Hainsworth

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:04

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.

Author:

Arthur Miller

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1320L

Length:

03:58

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.

Author:

Mary Pope Osborne

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Lexile:

300L

Length:

00:43

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

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.

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Author:

Jean Anouilh

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:48

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.

Director:

Kenny Leon

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:11

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