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Animation of a grimacing bearded man in a yellow and green doublet holding up a purple flower. Figure in a pink beret and ruff purses their lips and stands to the side. Caption. With the juice of this, I'll streak her eyes.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 5
26 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Color illustration of a forest with trees, flowers, and birds. Title card reads, "A play on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream."
16 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Senior man lays down on a couch with a woman standing behind him and touching his shoulders in an indoor space. Caption. Come on, I wanna dance!
52 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Unavailable
2 hours 32 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame shows a man wearing a light jacket and white collared shirt. Caption. Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much.
1 hours 36 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Painted animation of a figure kneeling with arms up toward another figure standing at the edge of the woods. A black and white inset floats above with a man squatting next to a building as a bird takes flight. Caption. So "a day" without the "ever."
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 7
25 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white frame shows 2 men in uniform staring intently at another man in uniform. Caption. When you get home, will you call my mother.
1 hours 32 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Nates smiles and waves his right hand as he talks in front of the entrance of a large theater as people enter. Caption. "We're going behind the scenes at the Broadway hit, Wicked."
Artrageous With Nate
Season 0 / Ep 35
12 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white frame of a man and woman hugging. Caption. Well, I'll, I'll tell you what I'll do.
1 hours 12 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Still image from: Famous Authors: The Life and Work of Henrik Ibsen
Famous Authors
Episode 13
38 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Interview with Black woman wearing a brown jacket and white blouse against a bookshelf backdrop. Caption. Is a story that shows the sort of strength that he had.
Great African American Authors
Episode 8
27 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Leatherbound library books on shelves. A text overlay reads, "Twentieth Century Poets and Playwrights."
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 9
28 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Low high shot of the ruins of a stone cathedral with towers and arched windows. Caption. The Anglo-Saxons brought their rich Germanic language.
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 1
27 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Renaissance painting of a man looking through an ornate telescope on a gold table stand as 1 man holds it steady at its base. Caption. The Renaissance produced men who excelled in these areas.
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 2
26 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white frame of a man and girl peering down at a dog digging in bushes. Caption. Probably buries all his bones there too.
1 hours 40 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Animation of a ghostly bearded figure in a robe hovering beneath a dark stone archway. Caption. This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 9
26 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white frame of soldiers from the movie, Hamlet. Caption. What, has this thing appeared again tonight?
2 hours 28 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Shakespearean actor stands and looks down from a stone bridge. Caption. Thus, conscience does make cowards of us all.
20 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of a man with two Bobbies on either side. Caption. Officer, if you only knew what was going on in there.
1 hours 6 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Black and white frame of man using a wheelchair and dressed in formal wear while a woman leans on the back of his wheelchair. Suited men are in the background. Caption. Horatio, are you going to allow this vulgarian to browbeat me?
58 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Animation of Julius Caesar in a tunic and red sagum. He looks toward a cloaked figure that holds a staff and faces away from camera. Caption. The ides of March are come.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 10
25 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3 women stand side by side in business attire. Caption. Lear with British accent as narrator. Tell me, my daughters, since now we will divest us both.
20 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Frame from the movie, King Lear. People crowd around a candle lit table. Caption. Go, go, my people!
2 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Color illustration of a hulking King Richard in a red cap, a breastplate, and a fur collared robe. He reaches to turn a doorknob. Caption. With their uncle George, duke of Clarence, in the tower.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 3
26 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
White man wearing a pince nez and teenage boy sit at a dining table. Boy is turned towards man who holds a piece of paper. Caption. What is it, Father?
1 hours 57 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Animation of a medieval knight holding up a flag while another knight stands behind him. Caption. Narrator. News of Macbeth and Banquo's victory.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 1
25 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blue background with digital illustration of a colorful bunting strung across top. Title card reads, "A Play on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing."
17 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Animation of a man clad in armor with his back facing camera and his head turned in profile. Caption. It is the green eyed monster.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 4
27 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Theatrical production of Othello. Man in white nightgown on balcony speaking to someone below. Caption. What profane wretch art thou?
3 hours 7 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white film still of a woman wearing a hat, white shirt, and overalls talking to a man in a suit. Caption. Well I guess I better be getting' off to the baseball field.
1 hours 29 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of teenage girl, speaking, against a black background. Caption. I stay in and practice piano.
1 hours 37 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Animation of Romeo and Juliet facing one another with their lips puckered. Caption. 1 kiss and I'll descend.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 8
25 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man tilting his head up and glancing to the side with a slight snarl. He holds 1 hand up with his thumb and pointer finger touching. Caption. The possibilities of the play's production and interpretation.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 5
15 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman with dark hair smiles at camera in front of a screen with pink and white text. A transparent image of 2 men floats in front of her. Caption. And another mystery. What about that freaky ghost?
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 6
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Sepia image of Shakespeare floats in front of black and white image of the Thinker statue and a woman resting her chin on her hand. Caption. More important, start thinking about the plays.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 1
25 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in vest clasps hands and parts lips slightly as he looks forward at camera. Title bar reads, "King Lear. King Lear, "poetic drama." Caption. Through the highly imaginative and figurative.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 11
14 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young man opens mouth to speaks and holds pointer finger up at his chin. Title bar reads, "Macbeth. James's relative Banquo." Caption. James was also interested in the occult.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 9
22 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in shiny, gold-trimmed robe gestures to the side and smiles at camera. Caption. I am not what I am.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 8
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman with brown hair tilts her head up slightly and parts her lips while speaking and clasping her hands in front of her waist. Caption. It'll give you a good handle on the play.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 7
19 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in white tunic opens mouth as he speaks in front of a pitch black background. Caption. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 4
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young man raises his eyebrows and looks directly at camera. Cloaked skeletons bow before a costumed figure in the background. Caption. Spooky, eh?
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 10
16 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman with dark hair smiles at camera. Pink and white text appears on screen in background. Caption. Can teach us 2 important things.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 3
19 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Blonde short haired woman smiles at camera. Caption. Our experience.
Standard Deviants School: Shakespeare
Episode 2
21 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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1 hours 18 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Leslie Howard in a dark suit looks down at a newspaper standing next to 2 women who are looking at him. Caption. Mind you, the coffee must be very hot, as well.
1 hours 24 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
2 men in dark suits, one seated, the other standing. Caption. Uh, let me see, uh, yes.
1 hours 30 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Black and white frame of man behind bars in 1930s movie, The Last Mile. Caption. What if I shouldn't get that stay, Mears?
1 hours 9 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Black and white frame of Lon Chaney facing forward in costume as The Phantom of the Opera in the silent movie version.
1 hours 18 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Frame from the Taming of the Shrew. Woman and man stare at each other. Caption. Swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbands.
2 hours 33 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animated puppet woman sits at a table looking forlorn. Another puppet figure wears puff sleeves and stands beside her holding a tray. Caption. I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 6
28 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Animation of a man with long white hair and beard wearing medieval clothing and standing in front of towering sea stacks. Caption. Hast thou, spirit, performed to the point.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Season 0 / Ep 2
26 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blue background scattered with flecks of white. Title card reads, "Play on William Shakespeare's The Tempest."
20 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman in foreground turns away from camera towards a woman in a billowy dress. They stand in a darkened room with a wide staircase. Caption. Antigone, it's madness.
Sophocles: The Theban Plays
Episode 3
1 hours 51 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a gray haired man in a collared jacket with a coat chain who purses his lips, thinking. Caption. When I get back to Thebes, I shall know what to do.
Sophocles: The Theban Plays
Episode 1
2 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in a white suit stands in the middle of a wide green marble staircase. He faces a man in a robe who sits in the foreground. Caption. You have made yourself master of all the arts of understanding.
Sophocles: The Theban Plays
Episode 2
2 hours 2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Gael Hannan, an actor with short blonde hair wearing a bright red scarf, looks off camera. Caption. No way. Don't you dare.
22 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
3 women look down at an open book with loose sheets of paper. Caption. Nikki is also voicing the role of Amanda.
24 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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