DVDs
- As You Like ItCall Number: PR2803 .A23 2003 DVDShakepeare's play that poses serious questions on a lighthearted tone. Some of these characters briefly discard the roles they've played in life, while others adopt new ones. In the end, they all learn something about themselves.
The Merchant of VeniceCall Number: PR2825 .A23 2003 DVDISBN: 0826663166569Blending tragedy and comedy, this play presents contrasts and ambiguities, the complexities of which lie in the character Shylock, its captivating villain. Is he a villain, a buffoon, or tragic hero?
A Midsummer Night's DreamCall Number: PR2827 .A23 2003 DVDThree plots intertwine: the entangled love affairs of Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia, the comic performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens and the antics in fairyland of King Oberon and Queen Titania.- The Taming of the ShrewCall Number: PR2832 .A23 2003 DVDThe marriage of two strong-minded people provides the spark for a comic confrontation between the sexes.
HamletCall Number: PR2807 .A23 2002 DVDPresents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which a Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude.
Julius CaesarCall Number: PR2808 .A23 2002 DVDA play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.- King LearCall Number: PR2819 .A23 2005 DVDWhen England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow.
- MacbethCall Number: PR2823 .A23 2002 DVDDriven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes.
- OthelloCall Number: PR2829 .A23 2002 DVDOthello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealousy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio.
- Romeo and JulietCall Number: PR2831 .A23 2002 DVDShakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their feuding families, and take their own lives.
- Antony & CleopatraCall Number: PR2802 .A23 2005 DVDOctavius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra.
Henry IV, Part ICall Number: PR2810 .A23 2004 DVDA dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play. Upon the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur.- Henry IV, Part IICall Number: PR2811 .A23 2004 DVDPresents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled Henry IV, part II. The play ends with the death of Henry IV, the banishment of Falstaff and the coronation of Prince Hal as Henry V.
- Henry VCall Number: PR2812 .A23 2004 DVDA dramatization of Shakespeare's historical play, Henry V. He embarked on an invasion of France, dealt justly with traitors, and led his soldiers to victory and then ensured future peace by his marriage to the Princess of France.
- Richard IICall Number: PR2820 .A23 2004 DVDShakespeare's historical play about the dynastic struggle between Richard II and Henry Bolingboke (later Henry IV).
- Richard IIICall Number: PR2821 .A23 2004 DVDPresents Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain, who usurps the crown from King Edward IV.
Timon of AthensCall Number: PR2834 .A23 2005 DVDTimon, a noble Athenian, is wildly extravagant with his inheritance. But as his money runs out, so do the friends who urged his lavishness. Timon loses his mind...then finds another fortune.
Titus AndronicusCall Number: PR2835 .A23 2005 DVDThe 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.- The Tragedy of CoriolanusCall Number: PR2805 .A23 2005 DVDA dramatization of William Shakespeare's tragedy about the soldier Coriolanus--aggressive, unreflective, tactless and anti-social, who was destroyed by his convictions.