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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 595 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andy's back in charge as regional manager at Dunder Mifflin, but a journey of self-discovery leads to unexpected consequences. Jim lands the job of his dreams but he and Pam must now adjust to a long-distance relationship. Meanwhile, Dwight steps up on the family farm; Darryl looks at new career opportunities; and Erin struggles with matters of the heart. And, everyone is excited to finally see the long-awaited documentary about their lives in the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
Author
Language
English
Description
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Professor Raphael Shargel channels his passion for teaching and expertise as a Shakespearean scholar into this illuminative study of the Immortal Bard's eight great comedies. Shakespeare's genius is as readily apparent in these comedies as in his timeless tragedies. Often marked by internal and external conflicts, young lovers struggling for union, mistaken identities, and intertwining plots, Shakespeare's comedies to this day reveal the master's...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complete, uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host.
For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and...
For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and...
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 5
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1,239 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 1
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 869 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 2
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1,425 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 6
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1,234 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 4
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 1,384 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the text of Shakespeare's comedy in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local artisans preparing a play for Duke Theseus' wedding.
19) Ghosts
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season 1. Crumbling country mansion Button House is home to restless spirits who've died there over the centuries. Each a product of their time, they're thrown together for eternity, resigned to squabble over mundane daily gripes. But their lives or rather afterlives are thrown into turmoil when young urban couple Alison and Mike unexpectedly inherit the peaceful derelict house and plan to turn it into a bustling hotel. As the ghosts attempt to oust...
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