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1) Macbeth
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Driven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes.
2) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about the tragic consequences of jealousy. Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealosy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio. Othello strangles Desdemona before learning of Iago's evil, and then kills himself in remorse.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope.
A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.
5) King Lear
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's plays in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death.
10) Coriolanus
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, in which Coriolanus, a strong and cruel soldier, brings about his own downfall through the flaws in his character.