English Literature

HmHS 820 THE ROADS TO CANTERBURY. Educ., Video Network, 1993, color, 20 min. $49.95

MarSH 821 RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Samuel Coleridge. Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave. 60 min. $24.95

HmHS 821 RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Samuel Coleridge. BBC, color, 55 min. $34.95

HmHS,  MelMHS 821 RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Samuel Coleridge’s epic poem brought to life with a mix of animated and real images. Kultur International Films, 1984, color, 60 min. $39.95

MarSH VHS 822 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Oscar Wilde. starring Michael Redgrave. Paramount, 1988, 95 min.. $19.95

HmHS DVD 822 The Importance of Being Earnest Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Two bachelors pretend to be Ernest Worthing, who doesn't exist, in order to court two young women. Their plan begins to unravel when the women find out about each other. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2002. 94 min. 20.00 Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench.

NaChHS 822.3 ELEVENTH NIGHT DREAM. 111 min.

CaVMS, NamHS 822.3 HAMLET. William Shakespeare. Starring Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1948, (1988), 114 min.

HmHS, MarSH, NaChHS, NamHS, NoHS, ParMHS, SkyHS 822.3, WiJSH 822, CaVHS 822.315 HAMLET. William Shakespeare. Starring Mel Gibson and Glen Close. Shakespeare’s famous play about a troubled Prince of Denmark.Warner Bros., 1990, color, 135 min. $23.95

CaPub 822.33 HAMLET. An adaptation of Shakespeare's greatest creation. Originally released as a motion picture 2 videocassettes Atlanta GA, Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1997 color 120 min $30.00

SkyHS 822.3 HENRY V. William Shakespeare. CBS, 1990, 130 min.

CaVHS, HmHS, MarSH, NamHS, ParMHS 822.3 JULIUS CAESAR. William Shakespeare. Starring Jason Robards, Charlton Heston  Richard Chamberlain, and Sir John Gielgud. Caesar returns to Rome after a triumphant battle, unaware that Cassius, Brutus, and Casca are secretly plotting his assassination. Republic Pictures Home Video, 1987 (1970), color, 116 min. $19.95

CaVHS 822.3 JULIUS CAESAR. William Shakespeare. Starring Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud. A classic production of the politics and power of a blood-stained era. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2000, (1953), 121 min.

NamHS 822.3 KING LEAR. William Shakespeare. Starring Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Caler-Marshall. Great Britain: Grenada Video, 1984, 158 min. (originally produced for television)

CAVHS 822.3 MACBETH. William Shakespeare. Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ian McDiarmid. A production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, designed especially for television. New York, NY: HBO Home Video, 1978, 146 min.

CaVHS DVD 822.3; CaVHS, HmHS, ParMHS 822.3 MACBETH. William Shakespeare. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, and Martin Shaw. Columbia Pictures, 1971, color, 139 min. $59.95

MarSH, NaChHS 822.3 MACBETH. William Shakespeare. Starring Orson Wells and Roddy McDowell. Republic Pictures, 1948, 112 min. $19.98

HmHS 822.3 MACBETH. William Shakespeare. Production designed especially for television. Starring Michael Jayson, Barbara Leigh Hunt, Gary Watson and David Weston. New York, NY: HBO Video, 1988, color, 110 min. $19.95

ParMHS VHS 822.3 MACBETH Driven by his ambitious wife, Macbeth plots to take over the Scottish throne. [New York] : A&E Home Video : 2004, c1978. 89 min $25 Ian McKellen, Judi Dench. Macbeth

HmHS, NamHS 822.3 MEL GIBSON GOES BACK TO SCHOOL: HAMLET. Mel Gibson uses scenes from his production of Hamlet to explain the play to high school students. ICON Productions, 1990, color, 54 min. Gift

NamHS 822.3 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. William Shakespeare. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Rupert Evertt, Calista Flockhart, Stanley Tucci. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1999, color, 120 min.

HmHS 822.3 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. William Shakespeare. Live TV version, probably produced by BBC, featuring Benny Hill as Bottom. Video Yesteryear, 1990, B&W, 111 min. $29.95

NamHS, ParMHS 822.3 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. William Shakespeare. Starring James Cagney, Olivia DeHaviland, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney. MGM Home Video, 1935, Black & White, 2 hours 30 min. $80.00

CaVHS 822.3 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. William Shakespeare.
Ambrose Video Publishing Co., 199-, 148 min.

HmHS DVD, ParMHS VHS 822.3 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. William Shakespeare. Starring Denzell Washington, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Robert Sean Leonard, Michael Keaton, Kenneth Branagh. An exuberant tale of love and enchantment set against the backdrop of mistaken identities. Samuel Goldwyn, (VHS 1995, color, 100 min. $80.00; DVD 2003, c1993. 111 min. $16.00)

CaVHS, HmHS, NamHS, NoHS 822.3 ROMEO & JULIET. William Shakespeare. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The rivalry between two powerful families in Verona during the Renaissance and the tragedy of youthful passion. Starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. Paramount Pictures, 1968, 138 min. $19.95

MarSH, NaChHS822.3 ROMEO AND JULIET. William Shakespeare. Starring Christopher Neame, and Ann Hasson. Thames TV, 1988, 180 min.. $39.99

HmHS 822.3 SHAKESPEARE AND HIS THEATRE: THE GLOBE. Shows where the audience stood, how the stage was constructed, and how special effects were achieved. Films for the Humanities, 1993, color, 28 min. $129.00

HmHS 822.3 SHAKESPEARE AND THE GLOBE. Traces Shakespeare’s life and works, the structure of the Globe Theatre, and historical sources of his plays. Films for the Humanities, 1993, color, 31 min. $89.95

NaHS 822.33 SHAKESPEARE IN LONDON: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Using reenactments of late Elizabethean life and scenes from his plays through the 16th and 17th centuries. Goldhill Home Media International, 1999, color, 49 min.

NaWMS 822.3 SHAKESPEARE: SOUL OF AN AGE. Burbank, CA, Warner Home Video, 1984.

HmHS 822.3 SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY. Explores the nature of tragedy and the Shakespearean tragic hero. Films for the Humanities, 1993, color, 40 min. $89.95

NamHS 822.3 SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES: TITUS ANDRONICUS, ROMEO & JULIET, HAMLET. The Standard Deviants, Cerebellum Corp., 2000, color, 1 hour 30 min. $30.00

NamHS, ParMHS 822.3 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. William Shakespeare. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. Columbia Pictures, 1967/1995, color, 122 min. $89.00

NamHS 822.3 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. William Shakespeare. Starring Lynne Griffin, Peter Hutt, Desmond Ellis, Lewis Gordon. Comedy set in 15th century Padua in which the swaggering Patruchio tries to tame the vile-tempered but lovely Katherine. The Shakespeare Collection, Madacy Music Group, 1982, color, 2 videocassettes, 2 hours 30 min.

CaVHS DVD  822.3  THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.   Tells the stories of two sisiters and their suitors.  Katherina is very beautiful but so sharp-tongued that no man shows interest.  Bianca is sought by many men, but cannot marry until the elder Katherina is wed.  When Petrucio becomes smitten with Katherina, the two engage in a battle of wits, wills, and words.  West Long Branch, N.J>  :  Kultur, c1982, 122 min.

NamHS 822.3 THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH. William Shakespeare. Starring Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon MacCorkindale. Kultur Heritage, 1981, color, 2 videocassettes, 2 hours 30 min.

NaChHS 822.3 TWELFTH NIGHT. William Shakespeare. 3 hours.

ParMHS 822.3 UNDERSTANDING MACBETH. Parts 1 and 2. $20.00 each

HmHS 822.3, SkyHS 822.33WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A LIFE OF DRAMA. Host, Peter Graves. Narrator, Charles Glass. A&E Biography. A biography of the greatest writer in the English language. New York, NY: A&E Television, 1999, color, 50 min. $14.95

CaVHS 822.3, NamHS 822.33 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO & JULIET. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes. This unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic story of youthful star-crossed lovers is set in a futuristic Verona Beach. 1996 motion picture. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1996, color, 120 min.

SkyHS 823 1984. George Orwell

NaWMS 823 THE ADVENTURE OF THE LION’S MANE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. St. Petersburg, FL, Spoken Arts, 1989.

NaWMS 823 ADVENTURE OF THE THREE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Spoken Arts, 1989.

NaWMS 823 ADVENTURE RELEGATE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Spoken Arts, 1989.

NaWMS 823 ADVENTURE SOLITARY: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sir Arthur conan Doyle. Spoken Arts, 1989.

GnFA 823 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. Rudyard Kipling. Starring Karl Malden, Johnathan Kahn. Leucadia Family Films, 1977, 101 min.

HmHS 823 A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Charles Dickens. Starring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, and Jack Warner. United Artists, 1951, B&W, 86 min. $14.95

MelMHS 823 A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Charles Dickens. Starring George C. Scott, Susannah York, and Nigel Davenport. 1984, color, 100min. $14.95

HmHS DVD 823 FINDING NEVERLAND Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never grows up. Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment ;2005 $20.00 Starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet

GnFA, MarSH, NaWMS, NoHS 823 GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Charles Dickens. Starring Stratford Johns, Joan Hickson, Phillip Joseph, and Gerry Sunquist. CBS/Fox, 1988, (2 videocassettes) 300 min. $79.95

HmHS 823 GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Charles Dickens. Starring Ionn Gruffuddd, Justine Waddell, and Charlotte Rampling. BBC Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, 1999, (2 videocassettes) 180 min.

CaVMS 823 GULLIVER IN LILLIPUT. Jonathan Swift. Classic satire of tiny people with petty jealousies and constant bickering. Livonia, MI: Playhouse Video, CBS Fox, 1988, 107 min.

CaVHS, HmHS 823 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. Jonathan Swift. Starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O’Toole, and James Fox. Hallmark Entertainment, Inc., 1995, color, 187 min. $24.95

CaVHS DVD 823 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Jonathan Swift. Starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen. A political satire of adventure in strange lands where people are only inches tall, or giants, or in a country ruled by horses. Santa Monica, CA: Artisan Home Enertainment, 1999, 187 min.

MarSH 823 THE HOBBIT. J. R. R. Tolkein. Animated, 76 min. $14.95

HmHS 823 THE HOBBIT. J. R. R. Tolkein. Animated action. Center for Humanities and Xerox Films, 1977, color, 72 min. $9.95

CaVHS  823   THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES.  Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the reappearance of a seemingly supernatural hound, bent on destroying the House of the Baskervilles.  Santa Monica, CA  :  distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment, [2001], 90 min. 

CaVHS, HmHS 823  JANE EYRE. Charlotte Bronte. Starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Twentieth Century Fox, 1944, 1993, b&w, 96 min. $23.47

NamHS 823, CaPub 791.4 JANE EYRE. Charlotte Bronte. Starring Timothy Dalton, Zelah Clarke. Story of a misunderstood and mistreated orphan who grows up to be a strong willed woman. She takes the job of governess at an estate, comes to love and be loved by the master of the house and they nearly marry, but the existence of his insane wife stops the wedding. She leaves, finds family, his estate burns down, his wife dies and he is blinded. She returns to tend and love him. Based on Bronte’s novel. CBS/FOX Video, 1983, color, 2 videocassettes, 239 min.

HmHS 823, MarSH 398.2 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Based on Mallory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Mel Ferrer. MGM/UA Home Video, 1953/1981, color, 117 min. $29.95

HmHS 823 LE MORTE D’ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE KING. (Great Books Series) Films for the Humanities, 1994, color, 50 min. $89.95

CaVHS, HmHS, MarSH 823 LORD OF THE FLIES. William Golding. The chilling descent into savagery of a group of British schoolboys cut off from society. Top Video, 1963, B&W, 100 min. $25.00

NamHS 823 LORD OF THE FLIES. William Golding. Starring Balthazar Getty, Danuel Piploy, Chris Furrh. Beverly Hills, CA: Nelson Entertainment, 1990, color, 90 min.

SkyHS 823 MARY SHELLY’S FRANKENSTEIN. Mary Shelly.

MelMHS 823 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. Comedy. 90 min.

MarSH 823 OLIVER TWIST. Charles Dickens. Starring Eric Porter, Frank Middlemass, Godfrey James, Lysette Anthony, and Ben Rodska. CBS/Fox, 1988, 333 min. $79.95

CaVMS 823 OLIVER TWIST. Charles Dickens. A world of innocents, ruffians, villains, and eccentrics. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1948, 116 min.

SkyHS 823 PERSUASION. Jane Austen.

MarSH 823 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Jane Austen. Starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. MGM/UA, 1967, 118 min. $19.98

WiJSH 823 PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES.

MarSH 823 RETURN OF THE KING. J. R. R. Tolkein. Animated. 96 min. $14.95

MarSH 823 ROOM WITH A VIEW. E. M. Forster. Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Daniel Day Lewis. 117 min. $14.95

ParMHS 823 SCROOGE. $20.00

HmHS, SkyHS 823 THE SECRET GARDEN. Frances Hidgson Burnett. Starring Kate Maberly as Mary, Heydon Prowse as Colin, and Andrew Knott as Dickon. Warner Home Video, 1994, color, 102 min. $23.45

SkyHS 823 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Jane Austen.

ParMHS 823 SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE ADVENTURES OF. $30.00

ParMHS 823 SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. $30.00

GnFA, MarSH, SkyHS 823 SILAS MARNER. George Eliot. Starring Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart.  CBS/Fox Video, 1987, color, 91 min. $60.00

MarSH 823 A TALE OF TWO CITIES. Charles Dickens. Starring Chris Sarandon. 156 min. $24.95

SkyHS 823 TEN LITTLE INDIANS. Agatha Christie.

CaVHS DVD 823 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1995, 122 min.

NamHS 823.09 CHARLES DICKENS: A TALE OF AMBITION AND GENIUS. Tells the full story of his remarkable life, from child laborer to success as a novelist. New York, NY: A&E Home Video, 1995, 50 min.

ParMHS 829 THE BACKGROUND OF BEOWULF. The epic poem Beowulf as the first great work in English literature. Huntsville, Texas: Educational Video Network, 1995, 26 min.

HmHS 829 BEOWULF AND OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE. Films for the Humanities, 1991, color, 38 min. $149.00

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