Celebrate Bill's 442nd Birthday on April 23
by amy
Well of course you'll want to read Shakespeare if you've never had the privilege, but there are also plenty of excellent translations of his work on video. In addition to the classics--Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, Orson Welles' Othello, and Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet--the Library owns at least five different interpretations of King Lear. Recent acquisitions include the 2005 theatrical release of The Merchant of Venice, starring ; the 1996 version of Twelfth Night; this 2005 performance of Benjamin Britten's opera of A Midsummer Night's Dream; and the 1976 Thames Television production of Romeo and Juliet.
We also own this inspiring documentary about an award-winning Los Angeles elementary school teacher who teaches his students to understand and perform Shakespeare as a motivational teaching tool and this DVD of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival cast discussing their interpretation of "The Merchant of Venice."
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