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William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Three men making up The Reduced Shakespeare Company perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours. A lot of quick costume changes and even more laughs.
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
William Shakespeare's life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains mostly a mystery. Track clues to Shakespeare's identity, from his youth in Stratford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman to the night of carousing that led to his death at age 52. Film clips, dramatic readings and other footage provi..
William Shakespeare: The Life and Times Of
There's no name better known in the world of Literature than William Shakespeare, and whatever your feelings about such dramatic offerings as "Romeo and Juliet", "Twelfth Night", "King Lear", "Othello", "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Taming of the Shrew" or "Macbeth", Shakespeare is impossible to ignore. Thousands of books have been written about Shak..
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
A modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".
The 'Bard of Avon': William Shakespeare
Meet the man widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, called England’s “national poet”: William Shakespeare.
Roméo + Juliette
Aux Etats-Unis, à Verona Beach, deux richissimes familles se livrent une terrible guerre. Tybalt, neveu adoré de lady Capulet, entouré de ses hommes de main, vêtus de noir, affronte régulièrement le clan des Montaigu, dont fait partie Roméo, peu concerné par ces histoires familiales. Il assiste d'ailleurs, masqué, à une fête donnée chez..
Le Songe d'une nuit d'été
Alors que le duc de Thésée s’apprête à épouser la belle Hippolyte, il reçoit la visite d’Égée qui se plaint amèrement que sa fille, Hermia, refuse l’époux qu'il lui destinait, Demetrius, et prétend épouser Lysandre dont elle est amoureuse. Thésée ordonne à la jeune fille d’obéir à son père et lui accorde un délai de grâc..
Roméo et Juliette
Vérone. Lors d’un bal masqué, les jeunes Roméo et Juliette tombent éperdument amoureux l’un de l’autre, au mépris de la haine que se vouent leurs familles, les Capulet et les Montaigu. Le père de Juliette, afin de s’opposer à cette idylle, organise l’union de sa fille avec le Comte de Paris. Dans le même temps, Roméo tue un Capul..
La Mégère apprivoisée
Italie, XVIe siècle. Petruchio, un pauvre propriétaire terrien de Vérone, colérique et menteur, arrive à Padoue en quête de fortune et d'une épouse, tandis que Baptista, un riche marchand, annonce qu'il ne permettra pas à Bianca, sa fille cadette, de se marier tant que sa fille aînée, la capricieuse et intraitable Katherina, ne le fera pa..
Macbeth
Poussé par sa jeune femme dévorée d'ambition, et pas la prophétie de 3 sorcières rencontrées sur la lande avec son ami Banquo, le jeune général Macbeth orchestre massacre et assassinats éhontés pour se hisser sur le trône d'Ecosse.
Twelfth Night
Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, Viola adopts a male disguise and enters the service of Duke Orsino, only to find herself part of a triangle of unrequited love. Meanwhile, in the household of the Countess Olivia, Sir Toby Belch and his unruly companions trick Olivia's strict and disapproving steward, Malvolio, into believing that she loves him.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this perfidious brother and his confederates on the island, his long contemplated revenge at last seems with..
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s ..
