Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare's play, this opera follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of native rustics.
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By Janet Suzman. Totally and incisively in charge, her unscripted preamble is a dramatic lesson in itself; with all the...
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William Shakespeare was ranked among the foremost dramatists of his time by his contemporaries. By 1597, Shakespeare had...
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Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever...
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now with Understanding Shakespeare everyone can!...
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now with Understanding Shakespeare, everyone...
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now, with Understanding Shakespeare, everyone...
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now with Understanding Shakespeare, everyone...
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now with Understanding Shakespeare, everyone...
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The late Sir Laurence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear.
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The clearest and most understandable Shakespeare productions ever made. Staged as seen in the 16th Century, featuring...
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Shakespeare's renowned story of familial deceit and murder.
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In one of Shakespeares clearest plays, this tragedy focusus on a self-centered king whose own evil ways cause his own...
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Shakespeare's story of a self-centered weak King. Starring David Birney
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Ambroise Thomas wrote this comic opera; it includes Falstaff, Elizabeth I and Shakespeare all in a strange literary...
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This Shakespeare production focuses on a tale of murder, greed and untimely death.
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Shakespeare's masterpiece of murder and intrigue in mist-shrouded Scotland is brought to life through dance in this superb...
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Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi’s Shakespearean operas with Maria Guleghina as the manipulative...
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Macbeth signifies the beginning of Verdi's lifelong preoccupation with William Shakespeare. Verdi focuses the work...
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A literary and dramatic analysis of the key elements in Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: This...
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William Shakespeare (April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)), English poet and playwright, has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in the English language, as well as one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists.
Shakespeare's literary achievement is not confined to his mastery of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability to capture and convey the most profound aspects of human nature is considered by many scholars to be unequalled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions.
A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and influence continues to be felt in all parts of the globe. He has been translated into every major living language, and his plays are continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have
excelled in both tragedy and comedy.
Shakespeare wrote his works between 1588 and 1616, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
