The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Shakespeare's tale of young love doomed by fate

Franco Zeffirelli's interpretation of the archetypical love story. ***Teacher preview of this material is strongly advised prior to classroom use***

A black family in Chicago tries to leave the ghetto behind them to live in an all-white neighborhood. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry

A poignant portrayal of love, life and death in a small American town that has brought pleasure to millions. Based on the play by Thorton Wilder

Sophocles' play recounts the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone

In Sophocles drama, now an old man, blind, outcast, Oedipus wanders through Greece guided by his daughter Antigone until he comes to Colonus, where he knows he will die

An extraordinary production of an enduring comedy by William Shakespeare

Story of a little girl struggling to communicate and the teacher who brings light into her dark world. Starring Anne Bancroft, introducing Patty Duke as Helen Keller. Based on the play by William Gibson

Story of blind, deaf and mute Helen Keller (Melissa Gilbert) and her teacher, Annie Sullivan (Patty Duke)

In this video of the play by William Shakespeare , the actor who plays Shylock provides the narrative links between key scenes and the commentary on other characters. The action is shown from Shylock's point of view: the view of a man who is "foreign" to the society in which he lives, and who is made to suffer because he is "different"