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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design The Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A.R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read...
3) Macbeth
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English
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Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his best-known plays. Often referred to as an archetypal tale, it warns against lust for power and the betrayal of friends. Shakespeare based the play loosely on a King Macbeth of Scotland. The play is traditionally considered "cursed", and thus many actors refer to it as "The Scottish Play" to avoid naming it.
4) The tempest
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A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano, and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso#x0;s daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners, with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink.
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English
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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever." The story tells of a Black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances...
6) Othello
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
9) Hamlet
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English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The story of Sheriff Georgette Gaines and a traveling photographer, Ergo Reins, whose arrival coincides with the death of a drifter. Made to look like a farm accident, the drifter's death is soon called into question, motives become unclear, and a game of cat and mouse ensues.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
13) Whitetail
Publisher
Trinity Creative
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hunting trip turns into a nightmare when the group discovers a man, shot in the stomach with a bag full of money. Who shot the man? Where did the money come from, and how long will they survive while others are also out looking for the cash?
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Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia
Pub. Date
2008
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Billy Coleman returns from World War II embittered by his experience; but Grandpa, anticipating Billy's state of mind, has a therapeutic gift waiting for him: a pair of Redbone hound puppies-- just like the ones he had as a boy.
15) The outsider
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Distributed by Alpha Omega Publications
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A widowed rancher must fight greed and gunfire to find love again and rebuild his family.
16) Innocent kiss
Publisher
BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Billy and Ellie's marriage may be on the rocks, but they don't know the meaning of the word 'chaos' until Billy's wayward brother arrives and spreads his unique brand of mayhem to the family, their neighbors, and eventually the entire town of Guppie, South Carolina, as it prepares for its annual festival. Turns out, though, that all the havoc might just be the spark Billy and Ellie need to patch things up.
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English
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The Winter?s Tale is a story of loss and redemption. In a fit of wild and unfounded jealousy, Leontes, the King of Sicily, convinces himself that his pregnant wife is carrying his best friend?s love child. Leontes?s jealousy turns to tyranny as the king proceeds to destroy his entire family and a lifelong friendship. Sixteen long years pass, and we witness one of the most astonishing endings in English literature.
Publisher
905 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Casey Cantrell, a young American, travels to London to deliver her mother's death-bed letter to Lord Richard Bredon. In the lush English countryside, Casey is pursued by two men, Michael Bredon, heir to the Bredon fortune, and his wealthy friend Hamdan al Dubai. As the story unfolds, Casey uncovers a bizarre and shocking discovery.
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