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Connell Courses: Demystifying Shakespeare (Digital)
£69.95
...At last, truly understand Shakespeare’s greatest works As soon as you sign up to our first Connell Course you will receive every month: One of our brilliant Connell Guides, written by top academics and beautifully designed The complete text of the original play so you can read the play and the guide side...
Connell Courses: Demystifying Shakespeare (DVDs + Books)
£199.95
...At last, truly understand Shakespeare’s greatest works As soon as you sign up to our first Connell Course you will receive every month: One of our brilliant Connell Guides, written by top academics and beautifully designed, along with an excellent production from either Shakespeare's Globe or the Royal Shakespeare Company to watch on...
Connell Courses: Demystifying Shakespeare (Pay Monthly - Digital)
£12.99
...At last, truly understand Shakespeare’s greatest works As soon as you sign up to our first Connell Course you will receive every month: One of our brilliant Connell Guides, written by top academics and beautifully designed The complete text of the original play so you can read the play and the guide side...
DVD: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
£19.99
Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia... When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. Shakespeare...
DVD: Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well
£19.99
Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well centres on the tale of Helena’s quest to marry the man she loves, the rather unimpressed Bertram, who initially refuses her due to her lack of social standing. Aided by fellow conspirator Diana, Helena devises a fail-safe scheme to ensnare her man. The production,...
DVD: Shakespeare's As You Like It
£19.99
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, in October 2009. Thea Sharrock’s irresistible new production of Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy stirs wit, sentiment, intrigue and love into a charming confection which challenges the traditional rules of romance. At its heart, a feisty but feminine Rosalind (Naomi Frederick), in love with the...
DVD: Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1
£19.99
The first instalment of what is widely acknowledged to be Shakespeare’s greatest historical saga, Henry IV Part 1 is an epic tale of power, treachery and war, exploring the complexity of father-son relationships. Featuring an Olivier award- winning performance from Roger Allam as Falstaff, the comical mentor to Jamie Parker’s...
DVD: Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2
£19.99
Dominic Dromgoole’s acclaimed Olivier award-winning production is brought to its conclusion in Part 2 of Shakespeare’s historical masterpiece, Henry IV – a thrilling tale of family, treachery and war that surveys the entire panorama of English life. Staged with ‘terrific aplomb’ (Daily Telegraph) and featuring a stellar line-up, this magnificent...
DVD: Shakespeare's Henry V
£19.99
One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero, and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love. Trickery plays a large part in the story, as Beatrice and Benedick are duped into...
DVD: Shakespeare's Henry VIII
£19.99
Henry VIII is one of Shakespeare’s final plays, a political thriller based on the power struggle between the Tudor court and the eponymous king’s ambitious first minister, Cardinal Wolsey. Though famous in its own time as the most extravagant of the playwright’s creations, the work is hardly performed today; Mark...
DVD: Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost
£19.99
When the King of Navarre and his three courtiers forswear all pleasure – particularly of the female variety – in favour of a life of study, the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies plays havoc with their intentions. Using every kind of verbal gymnastics to poke fun,...
DVD: Shakespeare's Macbeth
£19.99
When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on...
DVD: Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor
£19.99
The only one of Shakespeare’s plays to be set within his own class and country, The Merry Wives of Windsor is a farcical tale centring on the wily attempts of Sir John Falstaff to relieve his drinking debts through swindling and seduction. Featuring Christopher Benjamin in the title role, deftly...
DVD: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
£19.99
One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero, and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love. Trickery plays a large part in the story, as Beatrice and Benedick are duped into...
DVD: Shakespeare's Richard III
£19.99
Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. RSC Artistic...
DVD: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
£19.99
Dominic Dromgoole’s production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of...
DVD: Shakespeare's Taming of The Shrew
£19.99
The Taming of the Shrew tells the tale of the sharp-tongued Kate, who must marry before her younger sister, Bianca, is allowed to find a suitor. Undaunted by her waspish reputation, Petruccio attempts to woo the not-so-fair maiden, but is faced with a tirade of poisonous insults. Samantha Spiro stars...
DVD: Shakespeare's The Tempest
£19.99
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, June 2013 Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck...
DVD: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
£19.99
Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, June 2012 One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Twelfth Night was ‘blissfully reborn’ (Telegraph) for the 2012/13 season at London’s Globe Theatre, under the direction of Tim Carroll. The hilarious tale of misdirection and deception is performed here by an all-male cast, among whom we...
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are...
Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise...
Shakespeare's Hamlet Study Guide
£8.99
Hamlet is the most famous literary work ever written. Millions of scholarly words have been devoted to it during the four centuries since it was performed. In this short guide, Graham Bradshaw, one of the greatest modern critics of Shakespeare, analyses the play and examines the arguments which have raged...
Shakespeare's King Lear Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's King Lear is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise...
Shakespeare's Macbeth Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's Macbeth is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and...
Shakespeare's Othello Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's Othello is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise and...
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear,...
Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise...
Shakespeare's The Tempest Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's The Tempest is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise...
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Study Guide
£7.99
All you need to know about William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is in this advanced guide to the text. Connell Guides are advanced guide books that offer sophisticated analysis and broad critical perspectives for higher-level GCSE and A Level English Literature students. Written by leading academics, Connell Guides are clear, concise...
