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Pub. Date
[2011], c2008
Language
English
Description
It is perhaps the most famous love story in history, so famous that it needs no introduction. Even so, its tragic aspects are worth discussing. Although it shares many of the qualities of tragedy in the classical sense, it concerns a love that is doomed not for any fault in the hero or heroine but because their love is too good for their world. This play follows young drama students who prepare, perform, and share their thoughts on Act II, Scene 2,...
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's tragic story of love, family feud, and double suicide is a masterwork woven with conflict, crisis, and counterstroke. In this program, prime scenes are dramatized and Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespearean experts Russell Jackson and Robert Smallwood dissect them and their major topics and themes. Discussed are the play's popular appeal; the importance of the balcony scene as core to the work; how the lovers' youth plays with modern audiences;...
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In "Julius Caesar," Brutus upholds liberty against tyranny. But what is tyranny? Presenter Brian Cox examines how William Shakespeare's play challenges all political systems and all definitions of tyranny, challenging us to wonder how well we even know ourselves.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This episode of Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire examines Julius Caesar's path to power. The general refused to disband his forces following his conquest of Gaul and waged civil war en route to becoming Rome's first emperor.Discover how the ruler of a quarter of the people on the planet took Rome to the edge of ruin.
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