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Hamlet is commonly, regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then, appears and...
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IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
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When veteran award-winning radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua was a student in his final semester at Kean College in 1982, he produced and directed a radio version of Hamlet.
Casting Kean faculty and students, and portraying the melancholy Danish prince himself, Bevilacqua not only completed his nearly four-hour radio adaption of Shakespeare's greatest work, he did so while carrying a double major, producing, acting in, and sometimes writing radio...
3) Hamlet
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2010
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1 videodisc (182 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Prince Hamlet plots revenge after he discovers his uncle murdered his father, the king.
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families...
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Struggling with the recent loss of his father, thirteen-year-old George is being pushed into manhood. With dad gone, it's up to George and his grandparents to keep the family farm running. Juggling tragedy and responsibility, George is having a hard time moving on, until he finds a shoulder to lean on in Tucker, his neighbor's dog. When alcoholic neighbor Thorne is thrown in jail, George looks after Tucker, and Tucker looks after George.
6) True grit
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2011
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A young boy's dream of finding his dead father comes true when his father visits him as an angel. But things turn sour when he discovers that his father was not the hero he imagined him to be. Last Christmas is a heart-warming tale about a mother and son overcoming loss and learning to appreciate all they still have.
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[2013]
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Through the victories and new friendships she forms,...
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