Trevor Nunn
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Dickens, Collins's friend and mentor. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall readers today. The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems...
2) Red Joan
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Behind every Shakespeare play is a story. [This series] portrays the Bard as an impresario who, four centuries ago, defined show business in his day -- drawing on historical sources, stealing and adapting ideas, bringing back popular characters, writing prequels, and developing dramatic ideas from the politics of the day. In each episode, a major Shakespearean actor or director explores and reveals the extraordinary world and works of William Shakespeare...
5) Red Joan
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Shylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's.
7) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Laurie, an Oklahoma farm gal is courted by boisterous cowboy Curley and by menacing, obsessive farm hand Jud Frye. Fearing that Jud will do something terrible to Curley, Laurie accepts Jud's invitation to the box social. But Curley rescues Laurie from Jud's unwanted advances, and wins her hand. On the eve of their wedding, Laurie and Curley are menaced by Jud. During a fight with Curley, Jud falls on his own knife and is killed. The local deputy insists...
9) King Lear
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge, they uncover a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty.
11) Lady Jane
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
19) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Curly McClain tries to win the heart of a girl in a singing and dancing extravaganza.
20) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in the early 20th century, Oklahoma centers on singing cowboy Curly Mclain who tries to woo and win the heart of his childhood friend, Laurey William. The show debuted on Broadway in 1943 and was later adapted for the 1055 Academy Award-winning film. The musical features a slate of songs that have become part of the American songbook, like: Oklahoma! Surrey With A fringe On top; Oh, What A Beautiful Morning; People Will Say We₂re In Love and...