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2) Soft Targets
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Alexei's life as a minor Russian diplomat in London starts changing wildly one Sunday morning, as he is thrust into a new world of parties, society weddings and baffling women, and he becomes convinced he is the victim of a sinister Foreign Office plot. Stephen Poliakoff's subtle parody of the conventional spy-thriller genre presents a world where conspiracy and betrayal lurk around every corner.
Language
English
Description
King Henry, now in failing health and still embroiled in war, sends his second son Prince John of Lancaster to the battle. Prince John tricks and defeats the enemy while his older son, the Prince of Wales, is summoned away from Falstaff and his tavern circle to the king's bedside where he assumes the throne upon the death of the king.
Series
Play power skill building for young children volume program 2
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Helps adults understand their role in play, and shows how to join play, keep children involved and support the natural process of learning that is part of every play experience. Teaches simple techniques that help all adults become good play partners.
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume II
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Film of a stage production of Shakespeare's play in which tragedy occurs when an old king decides to divide his kingdom between his daughters.
7) Coriolanus
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the last of Shakespeare's tragedies, in which Coriolanus, a strong and cruel soldier, brings about his own downfall through the flaws in his character.
Series
Language
English
Description
The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome bringing Tamora, Queen of the Goths as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism.
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume 1
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's drama of Mark Antony's obsessive passion for Queen Cleopatra, and how it leads to the tragic downfall of both.
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume 5
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's timeless comedy of lovers' seductions, fanciful deceits and marital fidelity.
12) Othello
Series
Plays volume 6
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Unfounded jealousy in love results in the untimely murder and suicide of two star-crossed lovers. Unfamiliar English accents are absent from this series. Shakespeare's own language is preserved ; clarity of both language and story is achieved.
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume 8
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play about the courtship of a beautiful but sharp-tempered woman by her persistent suitor.
14) The Tempest
Series
Plays volume 9
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's play about Alonso, King of Naples, who is shipwrecked on an enchanted island by the magician Prospero.
Series
Plays of William Shakespeare volume 7
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The tragic story of young love thwarted by a family feud.
16) Henry V
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The third of Shakespeare's plays portraying the emergence of England's most admired national hero, Henry V. He unites his people as he embarks on the invasion of France, deals justly with traitors, tirelessly leads his soldiers to victory and ensures future peace by his marriage to the Princess of France. Shakespeare examines these qualities that make a successful ruler and shows the prince in terms of isolation and responsibility that his success...
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