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Although originally classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, All's Well That Ends Well is now more commonly classified as one of his ambiguous problem plays, so called because they defy neat classification as either comedy or tragedy. Helena, a servant harbors a secret love for Betram her mistresses' son. When the king becomes ill Helena promises to heal him if she is allowed to marry any man of her choosing. Helena's father is a renowned
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Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
"First published 1899 in the United Kingdom. Drawing room comedy exposing quirks and foibles of Victorian society with plot revolving around amorous pursuits of two men who face social obstacles when they woo young ladies of quality. This play 'is noted for its witty lines, its clever situations, and its satire on the British nobility and clergy.'" Reader's Ency 4th ed.
63) Arcadia
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English
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"In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sit Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the '500 acres inclusive of lake' where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the 'picturesque' Gothic style: 'everything but vampires', as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This historical satire, based on Heinrich Mann's world-famous novel, Der Untertan, is ranked by film critics among the 100 Most Significant German Films of all time. In Mann's biting critique of conservative Wilhelmine Germany, written during WWI, Diederich Hessling learns an important lesson for an ambitious man: one must first serve power to gain power for oneself. From then on, his modus operandi is to bow to superiors and kick underlings.
Publisher
Focus World
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
Icelandic
Description
This is an incredible true story of survival and human endurance. As a sole survivor of a tragic shipwreck in the Icelandic Ocean in 1984, a local fisherman survives via his superhuman will to survive which made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.
68) United Red Army
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
日本語
Description
Koji Wakamatsu's epic docudrama explores the political unrest of 1960s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered its "deviant" members during a 1972 training session. An uncompromising piece of filmmaking from one of Japan's most controversial filmmakers, with a score by American musician (and ex-Sonic Youth member) Jim O'Rourke.
69) Holes
Publisher
Disney Eduational Productions
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
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Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
70) King Lear
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Language
English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2004, ©1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about Romeo and Juliet, two young people whose love is doomed by their warring families, and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective on the play, and other reference tools.
73) In the Club
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
The return of Kay Mellor's warm series follows the relationship dramas of a group of very different new parents who first bonded in a parentcraft class. The story picks up 10 months on, with all the babies born - and in some cases second ones on the way. In storylines packed with secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos, life is proving to be just as much of a rollercoaster for these compelling characters as they emerge from the world of pregnancy and...
74) Ordinary Lies
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Exploring the lives, loves and lies of a brand new workforce, this popular series returns with more compelling stories of what can happen when an apparently simple deception spirals out of control. Packed with humour and shock revelations, this drama series considers the way we don't truly know the person working next to us. The action moves to the call centre and warehouse of a sports sales company in Wales as it delves into the lives of a group...
75) Exiles
Author
Series
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
[1945]
Language
English
Description
In this play a famous writer returns to Dublin after nine years of exile.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
Finds young wizard Harry and his friends Ron and Hermoine facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they try to uncover a dark force that is terrorizing the school.
78) Pearl
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English
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Description
Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin...
79) The tourist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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