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Anime Classics Battling it out with the Barrymores: Drew, Lionel, Ethel, & John Best of the French New Wave Blaxploitation Films Broadway & Beyond: Great Musicals on Video Clint Eastwood: Both Sides of the Camera The Creative Experience Dazzling Duos: Great On-Screen Pairs Film Noir Fun with the Fondas: Henry, Peter, Jane, and Bridget Great Batons: Conductors at Work Heroes & Villains Indian Courtesan Films Indian 'Gangster' Films Indian Parallel Cinema It's Ancient History The Last Days of Mankind Leaders, Rulers, & Kings Meow Mix: The Best and Worst of Female and Film Feminine Competition Movies with the Most Famous Quotes The New Kids on the Block - Films From The Next Great Directors No kung fu and no samurai! Asian Cinema Without Martial Arts Not Your Parents' Shakespeare Philly Films: Filmed & Set in Our Fair City Political Films Representations of the American City Science Fiction Gems "A single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." They're Coming for Us... Who Done It? You Say You Want a Revolution
Not Your Parents' Shakespeare
Richard III (1995)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2821 .A23 2000
Anachronistic recasting of the Shakespeare tragedy. In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new king sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself.
West side story (1961)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD M1500 .B4822 1998
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of New York in the 1950s.
Henry V (1989)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2812 .A232 2000
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
A Midsummer night's dream (1999)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2827 .A232 1999
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.
Scotland, PA (2002)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2878.M3 .S36 2002
Fast food and ambition make up a daily special of murder and mystery 70's style. A modern take on Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Stage beauty (2004)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PS3558.A7349 S732 2005
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performace of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, ...
Shakespeare in love (1998)
DVD
Rosengarten Reserve Desk - Van Pelt
Call No. DVD PN1997 .S383652 1998
When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before!
Macbeth (1971)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2823 .A23 2002
A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral ...
Kumonosujō = Throne of blood (1957)
DVD
Rosengarten Reserve Desk - Van Pelt
Call No. DVD PR2823 .A23 2003
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead (1990)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR6069.T6 R622 2005
The fringe characters from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' take center stage at Elsinore.
Othello (2001)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2829 .A23 2002
A 21st century version of Shakespeare's drama set in modern day London. When political and racial considerations result in the promotion of British policeman John Othello to commissioner, his envious mentor and ostensible best friend, Ben Jago, plots to ruin him -- not only by disgracing him in the workplace, but also by undermining his marriage to ...
Hamlet (2000)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2807 .A23 2001d
A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance ...
Kiss me Kate (1953)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD ML50.P8 K52 2003
Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1997)
DVD
Rosengarten Reserve Desk - Van Pelt
Call No. DVD PR2831 .A2322 2006
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. The setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic backdrop of Verona Beach with these star-crossed lovers.
Ran (1985)
DVD
Rosengarten Reserve Desk - Van Pelt
Call No. DVD PN1997 .R2352 1998
Kurosawa's blend of Japanese history, Shakespeare's plot of "King Lear", and his own personal feelings about loyalty. Set in 16th century Japan. An aging ruler, Lord Hidetora, attempts peacefully to divide his kingdom among his three sons.
My own private Idaho (1991)
DVD
Rosengarten Reserve Desk - Van Pelt
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.D68 M9 2005
Mike - a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him - and Scott - the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire - embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Much ado about nothing (1993)
VHS
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. PR2828 .A23 1993
With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend devises delightful mischief--a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she most loves to hate--Benedick.
Titus (1999)
DVD
Van Pelt Video Collection
Call No. DVD PR2835 .A23 2000
Shakespeare's story of the Roman general Titus Andronicus, who unleashes a cycle of violent revenge when he ignores the pleas for mercy of his captive, the queen of the defeated Goths, Tamora. Presented in a blend of past and present.