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1	Twilight Zone Collection 4 Vol 13-16: Back There; Midnight Sun; Mirror Image; The Brain Center at Whipple's; Sounds & Silences; Last Night of a Jockey; A Passage for Trumpet; Hocus-Pocus & Frisby by Genius Products (Creator) Over 5 hours - 1. Back There - Jim Caviezel - A man travels back to President Lincoln's assassination to stop the tragedy. 2. Midnight Sun - Kim Fields - A woman and landlady face death along with the total population when the earth's orbit changes; 3. Mirror Image - Morgan Brittany & Frank John Hughes - Woman is convinced her double from another ... see all copies from $9.00!
2	Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Though the Plebeians support Julius Caesar and celebrate his return from Rome as the play opens, Caesar is famously warned to "Beware the ides of March," by the Soothsayer. Meanwhile, Caesar's popularity is such that the other Roman aristocrats, who rule as a body along with Caesar, fear that his popularity will cause the Plebeians to name him ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
3	Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
4	Macbeth by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
5	Hamlet by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's classic tragedy of love, madness, and revenge, first enacted in London in 1602. Young Prince Hamlet, in mourning for his dead father, receives an apparition of his father's ghost telling him that he was murdered by his own brother Claudius, who then assumed the throne and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Intent on revenge, Hamlet ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
6	Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Another feature of this series includes dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Nicholas ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
7	Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Set during five of the most intensely dramatic days ever portrayed, ROMEO AND JULIET was probably written in 1594 or 1595, and first published in a 1597 edition, as transcribed by actors who had performed it. Other editions appeared later, but even the more authoritative versions, such as that of 1599--probably drawn from Shakespeare's own ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Tempest by William Shakespeare Generally agreed to be Shakespeare's last play, THE TEMPEST was most likely written in 1610. Twelve years before the action begins, Prospero--Duke of Milan--and his daughter, Miranda, were stranded by Prospero's brother, Antonio, on a remote and idyllic island where Miranda has grown up happily among the beasts and flowers, never seeing any man ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
9	Play about the Baby by Edward Albee Characters named Boy and Girl have a new baby, and an older couple called Man and Woman want it. Edward Albee's play is about loss, love, and the ways they combine. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	As you like it by William Shakespeare One of Shakespeare's early plays, written in 1598 or 1599, AS YOU LIKE IT is in many ways a typical Elizabethan romantic comedy, but it is also a satire in which Shakespeare ridicules many of the courtly-love conventions that were still current in his day: love as a disease, for example, and the lover as slave to his imperious mistress. In AS YOU ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
11	Selected Fiction and Drama of Eliza Haywood by Eliza Fowler Haywood, Professor Paula R Backscheider (Editor) This exciting edition gathers together for the first time a sampling of Haywood's writings generous enough to represent the full range of her fiction and drama and includes material from each decade of her Long writing life. The collection features six fictions, including both racy early work and later experimental prose fiction, two plays, and ... see all copies from $2.15! first editions
12 view cover	Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Written in 1604 when James I--a king particularly concerned with the religious aspects of his leadership--was fresh on the throne, MEASURE FOR MEASURE is a reflection of its time. In it, a sovereign's role in the legislation of morality is explored, as two extreme poles of government are navigated--the Duke's over-leniency as the play opens, and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	King Lear by William Shakespeare Shakespeare probably wrote KING LEAR in 1605, but the action of the play takes place in the eighth century B.C. Lear, the elderly king of Britain, is ready to cease his rule and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. But his heart hardens against his youngest daughter, Cordelia, who refuses to give him the glib flattery he seeks, and he ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15 view cover	Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Separated twins, practical jokers, pining lovers, and a comic villain populate the city of Illyria, where the drama of TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds. When the fraternal twins Viola and Sebastian independently wash ashore in the city from a shipwreck , unbeknownst to one another, each assumes the other is dead. With Viola disguised as a man, the Duke ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Othello by William Shakespeare This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare Branagh's sexy and stylish adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, shot in the verdant hills of Tuscany, is the year's most anticipated major motion picture. This book chronicles the making of the film, and includes a behind-the-scenes look at its production, a brief illustrated synopsis, lush, color stills from the film, and intimate portraits of ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Two sets of twins, both separated during a shipwreck that occurred 23 years before the present drama unfolds, convolute the absurd plot of Shakespeare's most farcical play. The composition of this, his shortest work, is commonly dated between 1592 and 1594; scholarship has placed its probable first performance on December 28, 1594 at the Gray's ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Legendary lovers come to dramatic life in Shakespeare's gripping tragedy about the conflict of love and duty. Brilliant characterizations, fast-paced action in exotic locales, and matchless poetry make this tale timeless. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	Much Ado about Nothing: With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography by William Shakespeare The work of the world's greatest dramatist is edited by outstanding scholars and presented here, along with an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world and theater, a special note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived this work, dramatic criticism, commentaries, and much more. see all copies from $1.99!
21 view cover	Winters Tale by William Shakespeare In this magical story, a shepherdess falls, in love with a Prince. There is also one of Shakespeare's most outrageous clowns - and a bear. This one hour version uses brief narrations to keep the story clear. The rest of the words are Shakespeare's. Has been successfully produced with a K-6 cast. Suggestions for directors. Ideas for simple sets and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare While emphasizing the liveliness of Shakespeare's play in stage terms, David Crane also claims that this citizen comedy needs to be taken as an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of Falstaff. In the process Crane also examines the bard's free and vigorous use of different ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare The eponymous "two gentlemen" in question--Valentine and Proteus--are in love with, respectively, Silvia and Julia. Despite the promise of constancy made to Julia by Proteus, while he is away assisting his friend Valentine he also falls for Silvia. Thwarting their elopement plans, Proteus attempts to manipulate the circumstances to win the girl, ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	The Figaro plays by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, John Wells see all copies from $2.50!
25 view cover	Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb Keeping Shakespeares own words whenever possible, but making the plots and language easily accessible, this entertaining and readable volume contains retellings of 20 of the Bards timeless plays in prose. It includes such favorites as "The Tempest, A Midsummer Nights Dream, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet," and "Hamlet." Revised reissue. see all copies from $4.99! signed copies \| first editions

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