William Shakespeare : Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

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36 lectures (30 minutes/lecture).
Part 1: lecture 1. Shakespeare then and now -- lecture 2. The nature of Shakespeare's plays -- lecture 3. Twelfth Night : Shakespearean comedy -- lecture 4. Twelfth Night : Malvolio in love -- lecture 5. The Taming of the Shrew : getting married in the 1590s -- lecture 6. The Taming of the Shrew : farce and romance -- lecture 7. The Merchant of Venice : courting the heiress -- lecture 8. The Merchant of Venice : Shylock -- lecture 9. Measure for Measure : sex in society -- lecture 10. Measure for Measure : justice and comedy -- lecture 11. Richard III : Shakespearean history -- lecture 12. Richard III : the villain's career -- Part 2: lecture 13. Richard II : the theory of kingship -- lecture 14. Richard II : the fall of the king -- lecture 15. Henry IV : all the king's men -- lecture 16. Henry IV : the life of Falstaff -- lecture 17. Henry V : the death of Falstaff -- lecture 18. Henry V : the king victorious -- lecture 19. Romeo and Juliet : Shakespearean tragedy -- lecture 20. Romeo and Juliet : public violence and private bliss -- lecture 21. Troilus and Cressida : ancient epic in a new mode -- lecture 22. Troilus and Cressida : heroic aspirations -- lecture 23. Julius Caesar : the matter of Rome --lecture 24. Julius Caesar : heroes of history -- Part 3: lecture 25. Hamlet : the abundance of the play -- lecture 26. Hamlet : the causes of tragedy -- lecture 27. Hamlet : the Protestant hero -- lecture 28. Othello : the design of the tragedy -- lecture 29. Othello : "O villainy!" -- lecture 30. Othello : the noble Moor -- Lecture 31. King Lear : "This is the worst" -- lecture 32. King Lear : wisdom through suffering -- lecture 33. King Lear : "Then we go on" -- lecture 34. Macbeth : "Fair is foul" -- lecture 35. Macbath : musing on murder -- lecture 36. Macbeth : "Enter two murderers."
Professor Peter Saccio of Dartmouth College presents lectures on the major works of William Shakespeare.
DVD, region 1.

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