William Shakespeare
Author
Series
Great books of the Western World volume 27
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The course of true love is anything but smooth as childhood enemies discover the fine line between love and hate in this heartfelt reimagining of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Katerina Wilmot and Christopher Petruchio shared backyards as kids, but as adults they won't even share the same hemisphere. That is, until Kate makes a rare visit home, and their fiery animosity rekindles into a raging inferno. Despite their friends' and families'...
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Language
English
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Anne Tyler's retelling of the Shakespeare play "The taming of the shrew." Kate, a socially awkward young woman, adored by the preschool children she teaches but misunderstood by her peers. Her father is a scientific genius, but not so great on emotions. About to lose his (equally genius, equally socially inept) research assistant, Pyotr Cherbakov, because of visa problems, and desperate to save the project that is his life's work, he comes up with...
14) King Lear
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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Description
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides his realm between two ungrateful daughters.
15) The tempest
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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Language
English
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Reimagines Shakespeare's "The Tempest," narrated from Ariel's perspective. Ariel is a spirit of the air who can fly, ride on clouds, and glow bright as fire. When his master, the magician Prospero, is overthrown by his brother as the Duke of Milan, Ariel joins Prospero and his baby daughter on a journey that will bring them to a beautiful island ruled by the monstrous Caliban — and to a series of events that lead to a vengeful storm, confounding...
16) Hamlet
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a spectre from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge."--
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
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The marriage of two strong-minded people provides the spark for a comic confrontation between the sexes: The "shrew," Katharina, is so ill-tempered she seems unlikely to find a husband. Her father refuses to let her younger sister marry until Katherina is off his hands. Petruchio appears, marries Katharina, and "tames" her so well that he wins a bet with two other men on a test of their wives' obedience.
18) Ophelia
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
In a story based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia tells of her life in the court at Elsinore, her love for Prince Hamlet, and her escape from the violence in Denmark.
20) Richard II
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2004].
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play, the story of a rebellion against the corrupt Richard II.