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The Language of ShakespeareCall Number: DVD PR3072 L36 2009ISBN: 1417109408Publication Date: 2009Join our hosts as they take the mystery out of Shakepeare's language. Students will see how words are strung together into lines of prose and verse, including Shakespeare's beautifully written sonnets, their structure, metaphors and the stories they tell.
Search the Library Catalog for DVDs in our collection - if you are looking for a specific Shakespearean play, use Advanced Search and search by Title and format DVD.
A sample listing of Shakespearean productions and documentaries on Shakespeare available in the LPC Library:
- William Shakespeare: A Life of DramaCall Number: DVD PR2894 W55 2002ISBN: 0767052072Publication Date: 2002A biography of the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare.
- The Shakespeare EnigmaCall Number: DVD PR2947 S53 2006Publication Date: 2006Was Shakespeare really Shakespeare? This program explores the four main theories proposing counter-identities to the Bard of Avon.
Playing ShakespeareCall Number: DVD PR3091 P58 2009ISBN: 1598282212Publication Date: 2009John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in nine intensive acting workshops, demonstrating how the Company makes Shakespeare's classic plays accessible to modern audiences without compromising the text's integrity.
HamletCall Number: DVD PR2807 A23 2007ISBN: 1419849727Publication Date: 2007In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.- All's Well That Ends WellCall Number: DVD PR2801 .A23 2000Publication Date: 2000William Shakespeare's comedy about Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, who resorts to chicanery to win the respect and affection of her husband.
Shakespeare Tragedies: Titus Andronicus, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet by Call Number: DVD PR2987 .S53 2000Publication Date: 2000Through 'cutting edge' technology and the use of interactive menus of topics and tests, the tragedies of Shakespeare are studied with immediate feedback in the process of learning.
