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The tempest

2012
When Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan who is exiled on a remote island with his daughter Miranda, causes those responsible to become shipwrecked on his island, Miranda falls in love with the son of his enemy.

Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

2012
Presents the complete text of Shakespeare's classic drama of revenge of the death of Hamlet's father.

Oedipus trilogy

Offers translations of three plays by the Greek dramatist Sophocles.

A midsummer night's dream

2012
A comedy of mistaken identity in which two young couples try to find love in an enchanted woods one summer night with a little help from the fairies.

The merchant of Venice

2012
Venetian moneylender Shylock insists that one of his contracts be followed even when it means the death of Antonio, a merchant. The wealthy and beautiful Portia helps defend Antonio in front of the Duke of Venice to defeat Shylock.

Macbeth

A play about a man wracked by guilt who seeks revenge on the one who has wronged him at the expense of those around him.

King Lear

2012
A vain king leaves his land to his two least loving daughters and pays a terrible price.

Julius Caesar

2012
Presents Shakespeare's play about the assassination of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar.

A doll's house

Presents a play about a women struggling for independence from those around her.

2001

a space odyssey
At the dawn of human history, a mysterious black monolith appears to lead primitive man to the next step of evolution. In 2001, another monolith is uncovered on the moon, pointing to Jupiter. On a mission to discover the source of the monolith, one astronaut survives an encounter with a superintelligent but flawed computer to become the "Starchild.".

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