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2) Hamlet
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Considered the greatest tragedy ever written, and perhaps the greatest murder mystery as well.
Series
Publisher
Distributed under exclusive license from BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. by BFS Video
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.
Publisher
Xin he ming ying shi you xian gong si
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A historical biography of Genghis Khan, who succeeded his father as head of his family at age 13, and at the time of his death, controlled the land reaching from Beijing to the Caspian Sea, ending the long standing division of the Mongolian nation.
5) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions. In Othello, Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that lingers in the memory and a prime example of a tragic hero, Othello himself. The result is perhaps his greatest triumph as a stage play. When the evil Iago plants the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's fidelity, audiences around the world have been held spellbound.
7) Macbeth
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, in his quest for power murders his king and assumes the throne. The two embark on a guilt-ridden reign of terror.
8) King Lear
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Intending to divide his realm among his three daughters, the dictatorial Lear commands each give a testimony of her love. But after the gushing of malevolent Goneril and Regan, loyal Cordelia states: "I love your majesty according to my bond: nor more nor less." She is banished, and Lear's descent into madness begins.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In a towering performance, the late, great Jason Robards portrays a cynical, self-hating alcoholic actor based on O'Neill's elder brother, Jamie. The majestic Colleen Dewhurst plays the earthy, gruff daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer with whom the failed actor spends a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
14) Julius Caesar
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Breaking all conventional rules of drama, Shakespeare creates neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Instead, this great tragedy presents complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another, and themselves.
15) Follow the river
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly attacked by a Shawnee war party. After Mary is taken captive, the leader of the war party is impressed by her courage and strength, and decides to make her his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.
16) As you like it
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France.
17) Henry V
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
"Henry V unites with his people, invades France, deals with traitors, and cements the peace."--Container insert.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When a trio of witches prophesy Macbeth's ascension to the throne, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband into a murderous spree. But once crowned king of Scotland, Macbeth sees ghastly visions, fueled by guilt and a new prophecy, that ensure his ultimate downfall.
19) The stand
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...