Sackler, Howard

Overview

Works:	441 works in 1,588 publications in 4 languages and 24,756 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc History Historical drama Audio adaptations Action and adventure films Radio adaptations Fiction Poetry Radio plays
Roles:	Director, Author, Performer, Author of screenplay, rdd, Scenarist, Bibliographic antecedent, Adapter, Other, Creator, Recipient, Conceptor, dtr, Actor
Classifications:	PR2807, 822.33

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Most widely held works about Howard Sackler

The best of the Tony Awards : the plays( Visual )
A Study Guide for Howard Sackler's ""The Great White Hope, "" excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for furth by Cengage Learning Gale( Book )
Sackler, Howard. playwright( )
The great white hope( Book )
Larry Neal papers by Larry Neal( )

Sackler, Howard Oliver( )

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Most widely held works by Howard Sackler

The great white hope : a play by Howard Sackler( Book )

30 editions published between 1961 and 1971 in English and held by 1,505 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Based on the tumultuous career of Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first Negro heavyweight champion of the world ..."--Jacket

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare( Recording )

39 editions published between 1961 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 1,052 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first of the great tragedies, focusing on the minds and motives of the assassins Brutus and Cassius

A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare( Recording )

27 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents Shakespeare's comedy about a group of lovers so irresponsible in their actions that their freakish behavior can be explained only by the intervention of supernatural beings

Jaws 2 by Jeannot Szwarc( Visual )

19 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in English and Japanese and held by 786 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Four years after the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity, unsuspecting vacationers begin disappearing in an all-too-familiar fashion. Police Chief Brody finds himself in a race against time when a new shark attacks ten sailboats manned by teenagers, including his own two sons. The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to the original motion picture classic

Hamlet by William Shakespeare( Recording )

38 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The complete play in five acts

The glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams( Recording )

19 editions published between 1964 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A shy, physically handicapped girl seeks escape from her mother's fantasies and from the shabby realities of life

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare( Recording )

29 editions published between 1961 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 649 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Shakespeare play in which two lovers are destroyed by the hatred of their families for one another

Macbeth by William Shakespeare( Recording )

25 editions published between 1960 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 615 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dramatized events and legends of the history of Scotland in the eleventh century

Best American plays( )

in English and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare( Recording )

23 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Margaret Leighton plays the fiery-tongued Kate, and Trevor Howard performs as Petruchio, her swaggering husband determined to teach her manners. As other romantic entanglements swirl around Kate and Petruchio, headstrong Kate learns to mind her tongue without losing her wonderful spirit

The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare( Recording )

26 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A recorded performance of Shakespeare's play

A few enquiries by Howard Sackler( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Othello by William Shakespeare( Recording )

21 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Othello, a noble Moor, has a lieutenant, Iago, who is insanely jealous of Othello's success and higher rank. At every turn Iago plots to exploit Othello, undermine his trust in his wife, and deceive him into an all-consuming jealousy. Iago's successful conniving results in Othello smothering his wife. The treachery is revealed only after the murder. Othello wounds Iago in a vengeful fight, then kills himself

Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare( Recording )

22 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A bawdy comedy of love and mistaken identities. The virtuous bride of an eager bridegroom is impugned by a vicious schemer, while another couple swear neverending enmity; but the good prince, aided by some low buffoons, arranges for all to end well

Poems and letters of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson( Recording )

6 editions published between 1958 and 1991 in English and held by 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Some of her best poems interspersed with letters she wrote to those close to her. In the letters one senses the sensitive, retiring nature which kept her almost a recluse, yet provided her with ample material for her poetry

Antigone by Sophocles( Recording )

20 editions published between 1900 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Howard Sackler directs this production of Sophocles' Antigone starring Doroty Tutin, Max Adrian jeremy Brett, Eileen Atkins, Geoffery Dunn

Fear and desire by Stanley Kubrick( Visual )

26 editions published between 1953 and 2014 in English and German and held by 353 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A plane carrying four soldiers crashes in a forest behind enemy lines in an unnamed country. Desperate to escape, the group plans to build a raft and travel up the river into allied country. However, they are sidetracked by a local woman who stumbles across them in the woods, and the nearby presence of an enemy general who one member of the group is determined to kill

The merry wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare( Recording )

22 editions published between 1965 and 1995 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sir John Falstaff is put in his place by the very wives he proposes to have fun with

Sonnets by William Shakespeare( Recording )

10 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sonnets give a more personal side of Shakespeare than can be found in any of his plays

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen( Recording )

17 editions published between 1966 and 1991 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A ruthless, neurotic woman helps a man who once loved her to kill himself, then kills herself

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