Antony Sher
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Description
In Ottoman Turkey, the indoor boy was a non-Moslem who provided sexual services for the master of a great house and in exchange might receive enlightenment, certainly education. Trade-offs of such dubious merit are the currency in this comically erotic, unbridled novel. Antony Sher introduces an antihero as offensive and compelling as Martin Amis's John Self. Leon Lipschitz is a rich, white, bi-sexual, Jewish South African, a man of decadent appetites...
Author
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theatre of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities. His compelling tale of justice and cruelty, friendhsip and love comes to life in this clear, modern version. Thge stofy of Shylock's deadly cleaim for a pound of Antonio's flesh, of the horror and helplessness of Antonio's friends, and of the mysterious young lawyer...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London especially for the series.
5) 4 movies
Series
Description
Santana killed them all: On the hunt for some loot they know is missing from a robbery, outlaw buddies Santana and Marcos find themselves in a series of sticky situations. (85 min., widescreen, not rated: violence)
Dig your grave, Sabata is coming: Sabata is hired by a wealthy land owner to take care of a duo seeking revenge. (87 min., not rated: adult situations, violence)
Holy water Joe: Bounty hunter Acquasanta Joe hunts downs a gang of renegade...
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The haunted mansion: Eddie Murphy stars as a real estate agent whose family comes face-to-face with 999 grim, grinning ghosts in the creepy old Gracey Manor! Now with the help of supernatural psychic Madame Leota they must hilariously battle to break the mansion of its age-old curse ... and do it before the clock strikes 13!--
Pub. Date
[2017].
Description
Hamlet: In this reframed version of Shakespeare's play, young Hamlet is a prince from an unnamed African state who has the world at his feet, young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home, he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainities smashed, and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order, he faces a stark choice, submit, or...
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