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Pub. Date
2006, c1974
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 650 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the fall of the three great ruling houses of Europe in the latter half of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, the Hapzburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Romanovs of Russia, and the Hohenzollerns of Germany.
3) King Lear
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King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children betray him.
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William Shakespeare's shortest-but one of his most popular-tragedies features a man who will do anything to fulfill a prophecy that will lead him to become the King of Scotland. Fresh from battle, Macbeth and his companion Banquo come across three witches who tell of great power that is in store for Macbeth. Driven by their prophecy and aided by his wife, Macbeth sets out on a journey that is wrought with deceit, murder, and suffering to acquire the...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amid national chaos and fear for his life, tyrannical King Gwanghae orders his trusted counselor to find a royal body double. He recruits a crude, working-class peasant, Ha-seon, a village performer who bears a startling resemblance to the ruler. When the king falls into a coma from poisoning, he is secreted away to recover and Ha-seon reluctantly assumes the throne, forced to pull off history's biggest masquerade.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly are Queen and King in this gory,gorgeous grown-up fairytale full of princes and princesses, sorcerers and fairies,and fearsome monsters and ogres. Three story strands interweave with one another in this film from director Matteo Garrone. In one tale, Hayek plays a jealous queen who forfeits her husband's life. In another, Cassel plays a king whose passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (531 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dark forces are moving outside the court and when a powerful Danish warlord Bloodhair attacks, Uhtred must lead Wessex's forces into battle. He captures Bloodhair's mysterious lover, the savage sorceress Skade, who throws a curse and his world becomes blighted by tragedy.
11) The silver chair
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eustace is summoned back to the magical land of Narnia with his new friend Jill. Many years have passed since Eustace's last visit. King Caspian is old and frail. The mysterious disappearance years ago of his son, Prince Rilian, has remained unsolved. Aslan the lion charges the children to embark on a perilous journey through enchanted lands of giants and witches to find Rilian and bring him home.
13) Robert the Bruce
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nobleman-turned-outlaw hero who was crowned King of Scots in the fourteenth century fights for freedom to defy an empire.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The magical land of Narnia is ruled by the corrupt King Miraz. His nephew, Prince Caspian, calls on Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund to help him defeat Miraz and restore Narnia to its former glory. Years later Caspian, Lucie, Edmund and obnoxious cousin Eustace set sail to rescue the six lords who were banished by Caspian's evil uncle.
17) King Charles III
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain, part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen's death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to signed into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, has an unquestioning faith. As a devout Catholic, More refuses to support King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. In quest of a son, Henry wants to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. When the petulant king breaks with Rome and the Pope, More resigns his chancellorship in protest. Unsure in his new position as head of the Church of England, the king is unnerved by More's continued refusal to acknowledge...
19) The merry widow
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the King of Marshovia invites her to visit her late husband's homeland, wealthy American Crystal Radek takes off for Paris when she discovers it's a plot to marry her off so she can pay the Marshovian debt. Followed by Count Danilo, who's been ordered by the King to woo her, Crystal finds that she's attracted to the man although they've never been introduced. Posing as a chorus girl, Crystal quickly wins his heart.
20) Macbeth
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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