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1) Norman Lear
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The first documentary about legendary showrunner Norman Lear, who dominated and reshaped television for decades. Largely responsible for the explosion of bold American television in the 1970s, Lear’s name is synonymous with the sitcom, yet he brought provocative subjects like war, poverty and prejudice to 120 million viewers every week, Lear proved that social change was possible through an unlikely prism – laughter. With unprecedented access...
2) King Lear
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Russian
Description
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of KING LEAR tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring four time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
3) King Lear
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.. 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...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Shakespearean Drama of the Highest Quality Performed at an authentic recreation of The Globe. With performances by world famous award winning Shakespearean actors this series has recaptured the Elizabethan flavor of Shakespeare's own Globe productions by staging them just as they were seen in the 16th century. The renowned story of mistaken love, familial deceit and murder. Lear, the aging King of Britain, has chosen to lay aside the care of the...
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Juan, Jarad and Antonio, all young teens, face decades in prison. While the gravity of their crimes is great, these young men are still simply teenagers. Do they deserve a second chance? To some, they're kids. To others, they're monsters. THEY CALL US MONSTERS explores the complicated experience of juvenile offenders.
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one year old Ben is following his TV-obsessed Dad to explore how television consumption has evolved from one generation to the next. Television used to bring people together. Does television now fragment us as a culture? Nominated for Best Documentary at **New York City International Film Festival**, **Los Angeles CineFest**, and **WorldFest Houston**.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.
8) Drama for students: Volume 3 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Presents full-text literary criticism on writers and illustrators for children and young adults. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, monographs, reviews, and scholarly papers.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series...
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
20) America Divided
Publisher
Divided Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Executive produced by star showrunner Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy), icon Norman Lear and the superstar Common, AMERICA DIVIDED is a timely, eight-part series about inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system. The show follows high-profile correspondents in different regions of the United States as they explore aspects of inequality related to their own biographies.. Correspondents include: Common,...
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