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  1. Keywords for Environmental Studies
    Contributor: Adamson, Joni (Publisher); Gleason, William A. (Publisher); Pellow, David N. (Publisher)
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  NYU Press, New York

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
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    Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB)
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    Contributor: Adamson, Joni (Publisher); Gleason, William A. (Publisher); Pellow, David N. (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    RVK Categories: EC 1879
    Series: Keywords
    Subjects: Environmental protection; Umweltschutz; Ecocriticism
    Scope: 1 online resource (253 pages)
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  2. Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford college libraries
    Author: Solopova, Elizabeth
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Liverpool University Press, Liverpool

    The catalogue is the first step towards a systematic description of the manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible, one of the most influential medieval English works. The Bible is the first complete translation of the Vulgate in English, produced at the... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB)

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB)

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    Universitätsbibliothek Passau
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    The catalogue is the first step towards a systematic description of the manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible, one of the most influential medieval English works. The Bible is the first complete translation of the Vulgate in English, produced at the end of the 14th century by the followers of the Oxford theologian John Wyclif. In spite of being condemned and banned within twenty five years of its appearance, it became the most widely disseminated medieval English text.

    The catalogue contains detailed descriptions of all (64 in total) manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in Oxford collections (the Bodleian and college libraries). This is a substantial part of the whole corpus: 250 manuscripts of the Bible survive and Oxford has the largest number of copies in any single location. The descriptions are subdivided into sections covering textual contents, decoration, dialect, physical makeup and binding of each manuscript, and are accompanied by bibliographies. The descriptions are preceded by an introduction with a discussion of the manuscript tradition of the Wycliffite Bible and the findings resulting from the study of Oxford copies. The catalogue also contains several appendices illustrating important features of the manuscripts

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Exeter medieval texts and studies
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch; Handschrift; Bibliothek
    Other subjects: Wyclif, Johannes (1324-1384)
    Scope: 1 online resource (xix, 308 pages)
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    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017)
  3. Twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages
    Contributor: Burgess, Glyn S. (Glyn Sheridan) (Übersetzer); Brook, Leslie C. (Übersetzer)
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Liverpool University Press, Liverpool

    This prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB)

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB)

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    Universitätsbibliothek Passau
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    This prose translation of twenty-four lays from the French Middle Ages brings to the general reader as well as to scholars a complement to the twelve well-known lays by Marie de France, the possible creator of the genre. These lays are mostly anonymous, and the majority, but by no means all of them, are, like Marie’s lays, centred on a love interest of some kind in a variety of settings. But, unlike Marie’s lays, their treatment varies from the courtly and sophisticated to the comic or the tragic, thereby illustrating the range of poems covered by the term lai in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. A significant number of these lays, based in the courtly world, contain supernatural elements or magic objects that are fundamental to the story as it is related, and sometimes the heroes leave the real world to dwell forever in an otherworldly domain. Other lays have a more mundane feel to them and seem closer to the fabliau in tone. In one instance, the lay of Haveloc, the tale owes more to legendary history than to pure fantasy. Overall, this collection stakes a claim to make an important contribution to the Medieval French lay within the wider European tradition of the short story and the literature of love

     
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    Contributor: Burgess, Glyn S. (Glyn Sheridan) (Übersetzer); Brook, Leslie C. (Übersetzer)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781781383681
    Series: Exeter studies in medieval Europe
    Subjects: Lays / Translations into English; French poetry / To 1500 / translations into English
    Scope: 1 online resource (vi, 301 pages)
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    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017)
  4. Seven Steps to Mercy Episode 1
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  Java Films, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    We follow Amundsen and Dr Robert Crumpton, a sceptical historian, on their quest to discover the truth. This first episode examines the codes to be found in Shakespeare’s plays and questions who really wrote them more

     

    We follow Amundsen and Dr Robert Crumpton, a sceptical historian, on their quest to discover the truth. This first episode examines the codes to be found in Shakespeare’s plays and questions who really wrote them

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Documentary-style films; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005011. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Film. - Originally produced by Java Films in 2016
  5. Seven Steps to Mercy Episode 2
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  Java Films, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Having established the existence of a series of codes to be found in Shakespeare’s first folio, this episode questions what the code’s authors were trying to hide. Amundsen reveals that the Rosicrucians, an early freemason fraternity, may have hidden... more

     

    Having established the existence of a series of codes to be found in Shakespeare’s first folio, this episode questions what the code’s authors were trying to hide. Amundsen reveals that the Rosicrucians, an early freemason fraternity, may have hidden a secret treasure map showing where mythical biblical objects and Shakespeare’s original manuscripts are hidden

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Documentary-style films; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005437. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Film. - Originally produced by Java Films in 2016
  6. Seven Steps to Mercy Episode 3
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  Java Films, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    In this episode, Crumpton and Amundsen head off on a treasure hunt together. They end up at Oak Island, a legendary treasure island of the coast of Nova Scotia, where they find identical bizarre stones at key points on Petter’s map. Then, when they... more

     

    In this episode, Crumpton and Amundsen head off on a treasure hunt together. They end up at Oak Island, a legendary treasure island of the coast of Nova Scotia, where they find identical bizarre stones at key points on Petter’s map. Then, when they approach the most important point on the map, all their equipments and compasses stop working..

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Documentary-style films; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005332. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Film. - Originally produced by Java Films in 2016
  7. First Edition
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  First Run Features, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the... more

     

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the critically acclaimed first stop for eminent writers of the time...The following interviews not only offer a social history of the literary, cultural and political events that animated these writers’ work, but, taken together, this series of author portraits explores timeless questions of what it means to write and write well. How does one become a successful writer? What fears and aspirations drove these men and women to write? How did they arrive at their style, choose their form, and develop their voice?..First Edition was committed to connecting readers with text, and the depth and pointedness of the interviews will surely inspire viewers to go to the source. Thirty years on, First Edition remains fresh and relevant. Aspiring writers will find a wealth of knowledge in these interviews and anyone with an active mind will find entertaining engagement

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (256 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    041510. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - collection. - Originally produced by First Run Features in 2016
  8. First Edition Part 1
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  First Run Features, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the... more

     

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the critically acclaimed first stop for eminent writers of the time...The following interviews not only offer a social history of the literary, cultural and political events that animated these writers’ work, but, taken together, this series of author portraits explores timeless questions of what it means to write and write well. How does one become a successful writer? What fears and aspirations drove these men and women to write? How did they arrive at their style, choose their form, and develop their voice?..First Edition was committed to connecting readers with text, and the depth and pointedness of the interviews will surely inspire viewers to go to the source. Thirty years on, First Edition remains fresh and relevant. Aspiring writers will find a wealth of knowledge in these interviews and anyone with an active mind will find entertaining engagement

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    012734. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Playlist. - Originally produced by First Run Features in 2016
  9. First Edition Part 2
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  First Run Features, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the... more

     

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the critically acclaimed first stop for eminent writers of the time...The following interviews not only offer a social history of the literary, cultural and political events that animated these writers’ work, but, taken together, this series of author portraits explores timeless questions of what it means to write and write well. How does one become a successful writer? What fears and aspirations drove these men and women to write? How did they arrive at their style, choose their form, and develop their voice?..First Edition was committed to connecting readers with text, and the depth and pointedness of the interviews will surely inspire viewers to go to the source. Thirty years on, First Edition remains fresh and relevant. Aspiring writers will find a wealth of knowledge in these interviews and anyone with an active mind will find entertaining engagement

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    012958. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Playlist. - Originally produced by First Run Features in 2016
  10. First Edition Part 3
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  First Run Features, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the... more

     

    First Edition was a weekly interview-style television show that aired for three years in the mid-1980s. Anchored by Nancy Evans and John Leonard in the first season and then by Nancy Evans and Walter Clemons in the second and third season, it was the critically acclaimed first stop for eminent writers of the time...The following interviews not only offer a social history of the literary, cultural and political events that animated these writers’ work, but, taken together, this series of author portraits explores timeless questions of what it means to write and write well. How does one become a successful writer? What fears and aspirations drove these men and women to write? How did they arrive at their style, choose their form, and develop their voice?..First Edition was committed to connecting readers with text, and the depth and pointedness of the interviews will surely inspire viewers to go to the source. Thirty years on, First Edition remains fresh and relevant. Aspiring writers will find a wealth of knowledge in these interviews and anyone with an active mind will find entertaining engagement

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    011737. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Playlist. - Originally produced by First Run Features in 2016
  11. Art and Heart
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  First Run Features, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    A celebration of Isaiah Sheffer’s life and work, intercut with archival material, interviews with friends and colleagues, and stage performances. "His voice was like having warm butterscotch poured over your head,"recalls Stephen Colbert. Leonard... more

     

    A celebration of Isaiah Sheffer’s life and work, intercut with archival material, interviews with friends and colleagues, and stage performances. "His voice was like having warm butterscotch poured over your head,"recalls Stephen Colbert. Leonard Nimoy remembers Isaiah as "endlessly creative."Jane Curtin thought "he was so much fun."Isaiah Sheffer had a unique wit and humor that suffused everything he did. "There is no one like him,"said Stephen Lang.. .The documentary delves into the life of the man whom many knew only as the host of Selected Shorts on public radio, or the driving force and artistic director of Symphony Space, or the originator of Bloomsday on Broadway, or the comic genius behind the Thalia Follies. In addition to all of those successes he was an Emmy-nominated writer and producer. He was an actor, director, musical librettist and lyricist, and a cultural entrepreneur. He was a husband and father, and a mentor to many. The film explores his life, his impact on the arts scene, and the tremendous effect he had on those around him

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Musik; Literature; Music
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005140. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Film. - Originally produced by First Run Features in 2016
  12. Cervantes: The Search
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  TROTO, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    It is the year 2015. Scientists and historians unravel the secrets that have been kept hidden in the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, the greatest writer of the Spanish language. A thrilling and rigorous account containing the only images – exclusive to... more

     

    It is the year 2015. Scientists and historians unravel the secrets that have been kept hidden in the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, the greatest writer of the Spanish language. A thrilling and rigorous account containing the only images – exclusive to this documentary- that exist of the excavations; with the testimony of eyewitnesses and the protagonists of the events… including that of Miguel de Cervantes himself

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Foreign language films; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    011251. - Title from title frames. - In Process Record. - Film. - Originally produced by TROTO in 2016
  13. A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hugh Bonneville
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of... more

     

    Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment.. Bonneville goes to see the play – on Midsummer’s Night – at the Globe Theatre and talks to the Globe’s Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole about its delicate balance between comedy and tragedy, the natural and the supernatural. It is thought the play might have been performed as part of a wedding celebration, and the Globe actors try some of the scenes in the stately ruins of Copped Hall right next to the site of the original structure which may have been the play’s original performance venue.. At one point of the Dream, Shakespeare has fun with his own great romantic tragedy. The play’s final scene, in which Bottom and his fellow mechanicals perform a dreadfully bad version of a Romeo & Juliet-like story, is one of the best-loved scenes in all of Shakespeare. Hugh meets up with actor David Walliams, who is about to play Bottom, and looks back on James Cagney’s performance in the 1935 film.. We see clips from the landmark Peter Brook production and the BBC’s 1980 production with Helen Mirren as Titania, and hear from director Julie Taymor, who recently staged a vivid production at the Theater for a New Audience in Brooklyn (starring David Harewood). In the deserted Globe Theatre, Bonneville muses on the play’s enduring appeal.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005315. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  14. Antony and Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, ironically Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the historical Cleopatra. She also meets with her director,... more

     

    Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, ironically Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the historical Cleopatra. She also meets with her director, Dame Janet Suzman, who herself made an iconic Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. Together they begin to uncover the truth behind this astonishing middle-aged love story. Antony and Cleopatra are no lovesick juveniles; they are mature, heroic – real – political figures. As such they were quite dangerous roles to write, let alone to play.. Cattrall watches different Cleopatras, meets Harriet Walter and Vanessa Redgrave (who have also played the role) and joins actors rehearsing the play at the Globe. Cleopatra is one of the greatest and largest of all Shakespeare’s female roles, and must have required a boy actor of extraordinary skill. We look at the source Shakespeare used and how closely he copied the language of a Roman historian to describe Cleopatra’s beauty; today he might be at risk for plagiarism. But comparing one of the most famous speeches in the play with its source, line by line, reveals the power of Shakespeare’s poetry.. The episode tracks Marc Antony’s first appearance in Shakespeare, as a young and powerful figure in Julius Caesar. Richard Johnson and Patrick Stewart discuss playing Cleopatra’s now-aging lover in the later play.. The conflict between the public and private lives of these two historic figures was bound to end in tragedy. They fail to defeat or escape their enemies. As in Romeo and Juliet, both die by their own hands. In the Globe’s candlelit indoor theatre – a version of the playhouse where this play was once performed – Cattrall watches the actors play out Cleopatra’s last moments.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005316. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  15. King Lear with Christopher Plummer
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    King Lear is universally acknowledged as one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragic roles. Plummer has played the role under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller (who, we discover, has directed it six times).. Lear was, in fact, a real English king, who... more

     

    King Lear is universally acknowledged as one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragic roles. Plummer has played the role under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller (who, we discover, has directed it six times).. Lear was, in fact, a real English king, who lived 800 years before Christ. Shakespeare’s premise of Lear dividing his kingdom among his daughters and, in the process, disinheriting his favorite is, for the most part, supposedly true. It is included in the Chronicles of English History, which Shakespeare often used as source material. The historic story has a happy ending, but Shakespeare gave his theatrical interpretation a dreadful denouement that has been shocking audiences for 400 years.. Ian McKellen and Simon Russell Beale share their insights into this often-difficult character. And Plummer examines what inspired Shakespeare to write a play about a kingdom divided – at a delicate moment when a new King (James) from Scotland was trying to create what has become the "united kingdom.". We learn how the storm scenes might have been produced at Shakespeare’s own theater, and how they represent the storm going on in Lear’s mind. The pain he endures is so intense that Shakespeare’s version of the story was soon rewritten with a happy ending; at the Globe, we see this alternate ending acted out. Then we return to the real play and its heart-breaking tragedy of old age. One of Shakespeare’s later plays, its ending may reflect something of his own mature cynicism. The powers of good fail and the gods do not prevent the deaths of Lear and Cordelia. But Plummer finds that beneath the cosmic emptiness, the possibility of love survives.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005316. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  16. Othello with David Harewood
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Astonishingly, David Harewood was the first black actor to play the great Moorish Venetian general Othello at London’s National Theatre, triumphantly taking on the role—but not until 1997. Now he returns to the play to discover how the centuries have... more

     

    Astonishingly, David Harewood was the first black actor to play the great Moorish Venetian general Othello at London’s National Theatre, triumphantly taking on the role—but not until 1997. Now he returns to the play to discover how the centuries have changed our views of it.. Harewood learns about the Moorish ambassador who visited the court of Queen Elizabeth I and may have inspired Shakespeare. He meets the National Theatre’s latest Othello, Adrian Lester, who has also starred in a play about Ira Aldridge, the 19th-century American actor who was the first black man ever to play the role in England; the reviews were shockingly racist. And he watches different Othellos on film, including Laurence Olivier’s acclaimed if controversial "blacked-up" version from the 1960s.. Othello is actually a play dominated not by race, but by love and a great villain – Iago. A forensic psychiatrist helps to analyze this extraordinary psychopath and how he manipulates Othello by persuading him that his young wife is having an affair. Harewood meets Simon Russell Beale, who played Iago to his Othello, and they re-examine the lethal relationship. Imogen Stubbs and Sir Ian McKellen, who starred in Trevor Nunn’s production; Julia Stiles, whose movie O was a modern take on the play; and Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Othello in a "color-reversed" production, also reflect on their characters.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005316. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  17. Romeo and Juliet with Joseph Fiennes
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Fiennes has a unique perspective on Romeo and Juliet. He played Shakespeare – both writing and performing as Romeo – in the film Shakespeare in Love. Now he wants to examine why it remains the most-performed of all Shakespeare plays.. Fiennes takes... more

     

    Fiennes has a unique perspective on Romeo and Juliet. He played Shakespeare – both writing and performing as Romeo – in the film Shakespeare in Love. Now he wants to examine why it remains the most-performed of all Shakespeare plays.. Fiennes takes us back to the source – an Italian story translated into English when Shakespeare was a boy. Shakespeare adapted and dramatized the Italian poem, and other writers have been adapting him for centuries ever since. At London’s Royal Ballet, viewers see the play in a famous dance interpretation, and later Stephen Sondheim discusses adapting for the Broadway musical theater as West Side Story. Fiennes visits adult night classes at a South London school where the participants can see their own lives reflected in the play.. Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, who recently played the immortal lovers on Broadway in 2013, discuss the continuing power of the play and its poetry. And Fiennes looks at noted film adaptations, ranging from Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Italian masterpiece to Baz Luhrman’s contemporary re-imagining. We attend the premiere of a new film adaptation, this time rewritten by Julian Fellowes. Back at the Globe, we watch as the company rehearses a scene with a young man very effectively playing Juliet – just as would have been done in Shakespeare’s time.. The ending of this play is so tragic that for years rewritten versions dominated the stage. Yet Fiennes sees a more hopeful message coming from the tragic ending, one about the eternal power of love.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005219. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  18. Shakespeare Uncovered Series 2
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Behind every Shakespeare play is a story. Shakespeare Uncovered portrays the Bard as an impresario who, four centuries ago, defined show business in his day-drawing on historical sources, stealing and adapting ideas, bringing back popular characters,... more

     

    Behind every Shakespeare play is a story. Shakespeare Uncovered portrays the Bard as an impresario who, four centuries ago, defined show business in his day-drawing on historical sources, stealing and adapting ideas, bringing back popular characters, writing prequels, and developing dramatic ideas from the politics of the day.. In each episode, a major Shakespearean actor or director explores and reveals the extraordinary world and works of William Shakespeare and the still-potent impact they have today. The presenters have spent their lives with Shakespeare's work and relate not only to the stories of the plays themselves, but also how they came to be written, how they have been performed, and how they have survived over 400 years.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (319 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    051840. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film collection. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  19. Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman
    Published: 2014; 2016
    Publisher:  BBC, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Freeman first discovered Shakespeare in school in Mississippi. He went on to play the hero of this play – Petruchio – in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production in New York, set in the Wild West. Freeman notes this play has set the... more

     

    Freeman first discovered Shakespeare in school in Mississippi. He went on to play the hero of this play – Petruchio – in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production in New York, set in the Wild West. Freeman notes this play has set the template for all of the battle-of-the-sexes comedies that have followed; many a romantic comedy has The Taming of the Shrew running through its veins.. It’s a love story between two unlikely characters. The Shrew is Katherine, a woman who is bitter, viperish, wild – or simply not prepared to accept the conventions of her time – and thus "unmarriageable." Petruchio is after a wife, and the wealthier the better. We see some Petruchios who took on the "taming" – including Richard Burton, John Cleese and Raul Julia – and such famous Kates as Elizabeth Taylor, Fiona Shaw, Sinead Cusack and Meryl Streep. Freeman reunites with his own Kate, Tracey Ullman. Julia Stiles, star of the 1999 teen comedy adaptation, 10 Things I Hate About You, reflects on this contemporary version. And the Royal Shakespeare Company takes a version of the play to a school near where Shakespeare grew up, where viewers observe what children make of this very adult piece.. For many, this play is uncomfortable to watch. It was one of Shakespeare’s very first plays and may seem too brutal for modern audiences. It ends with a speech about how women should obey their men. But is this the sexist propaganda that it first appears – or is there something more complicated (and interesting) going on? Freeman concludes that beneath the apparent cruelty is a message about equality in relationships. And we hear observations from many women who also admire the play, including pioneering feminist Germaine Greer (who appears as an expert commentator in several episodes).

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; Literature; Performance art
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    005316. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by BBC in 2014
  20. 88 Days in the Mother Lode: Mark Twain Finds His Voice
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  This'n That Films, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    In the Fall of 1866, exactly 150 years ago, Samuel Clemens was still struggling financially. His first short story, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, published a year before under his pen name Mark Twain, paid him nothing. He was living in San... more

     

    In the Fall of 1866, exactly 150 years ago, Samuel Clemens was still struggling financially. His first short story, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, published a year before under his pen name Mark Twain, paid him nothing. He was living in San Francisco and wanted to get back to the East Coast. Most men his age, 30, already had their occupation and were settled into life.. Clemens was still struggling. He decided that he would give a series of speeches about his experiences in Hawaii. So, on October 2, 1866 he climbed up on stage at the Maguire Opera House in San Francisco and began his career as Mark Twain - humorist, orator and writer. During his lifetime, he would make more money from his speeches than his writings. His writings live on, there is no recording of his voice.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; History, Modern; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    011232. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by This'n That Films in 2015
  21. An Arthur-Like Figure in Cornwall
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  The Great Courses, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Investigate archaeological and historical evidence that support the existence of an Arthur-like figure in early Britain. Learn about the site of Cadbury Castle, the center of operations of a leader of great military and logistical skill who thwarted... more

     

    Investigate archaeological and historical evidence that support the existence of an Arthur-like figure in early Britain. Learn about the site of Cadbury Castle, the center of operations of a leader of great military and logistical skill who thwarted the Saxon invasion. Learn also about important lore surrounding the supposed tomb of Arthur.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; History, Ancient; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    003019. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
  22. Arthurian Tales in Brittany and Burgundy
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  The Great Courses, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Here, encounter the works of Marie de France, whose Arthurian writings developed themes of romantic love, the magical, and the noble. Then learn how Robert de Boron linked King Arthur to the spiritual and religious realms and introduced the Holy... more

     

    Here, encounter the works of Marie de France, whose Arthurian writings developed themes of romantic love, the magical, and the noble. Then learn how Robert de Boron linked King Arthur to the spiritual and religious realms and introduced the Holy Grail, which figures prominently in the massive, anonymous text of the Perlesvaus.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; History, Ancient; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    002932. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
  23. Arthuriana in Medieval Art
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  The Great Courses, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Uncover rich depictions of Arthurian scenes in cathedrals and churches across Western Europe, as well as in privately commissioned artworks, and grasp why such scenes proliferated in religious settings. Learn also how a massive table, once believed... more

     

    Uncover rich depictions of Arthurian scenes in cathedrals and churches across Western Europe, as well as in privately commissioned artworks, and grasp why such scenes proliferated in religious settings. Learn also how a massive table, once believed to be the actual Round Table of King Arthur, was put to symbolic use by British royalty.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; History, Ancient; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    002853. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
  24. Avoiding Common Manuscript Pitfalls
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  The Great Courses, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Many agents and editors rely on their experience and instinct and can tell within the first page whether or not a manuscript is worth reading further. Discuss the two rough categories of red flags: narrative or structural problems and surface-level... more

     

    Many agents and editors rely on their experience and instinct and can tell within the first page whether or not a manuscript is worth reading further. Discuss the two rough categories of red flags: narrative or structural problems and surface-level errors that can lead to a make-or-break decision before the second page. You’ll also get invaluable tips on creating a strong opening, including the pivotal first sentence.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    002811. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
  25. Becoming a Bestselling Author
    Published: 2015; 2016
    Publisher:  The Great Courses, [San Francisco, California, USA] ; Kanopy Streaming

    Marketing your book is a huge part of becoming a best-seller, and much of the onus of marketing will fall on you. Learn about how you’ll be expected to provide support in order to help publicize your book, such as hosting author events, creating a... more

     

    Marketing your book is a huge part of becoming a best-seller, and much of the onus of marketing will fall on you. Learn about how you’ll be expected to provide support in order to help publicize your book, such as hosting author events, creating a presence on social media, and reaching out to your connections.

     
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    Subjects: Literatur; Literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes), digital, .flv file, sound
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    002820. - In Process Record. - Title from title frames. - Film. - Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015