Sackler, Howard

Overview

Works:	450 works in 1,619 publications in 4 languages and 25,069 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc History Historical drama Audio adaptations Action and adventure films Radio adaptations Poetry Radio plays Tragedies (Drama)
Roles:	Director, Author, Author of screenplay, Performer, rdd, Scenarist, Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Adapter, Creator, Recipient, dtr, Conceptor, Actor
Classifications:	PR2807, 822.33

Publication Timeline

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 )
The great white hope( Book )
Sackler, Howard. playwright( )
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 1,500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare( Recording )

39 editions published between 1961 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 1,049 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first of the great tragedies, focusing on the minds and motives of the assasins 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 847 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 783 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vier jaar nadat een witte haai de kust van Long Island teisterde, wordt een badplaats geconfronteerd met een zo mogelijk nog woestere soortgenoot, die een vloot pleziervaartuigjes aanvalt

Hamlet by William Shakespeare( Recording )

38 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 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 723 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter

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

Two young lovers from feuding families cannot survive

Macbeth by William Shakespeare( Recording )

25 editions published between 1960 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macbeth and Banquo encounter three prophesying witches on their journey home from battle. Macbeth's ambitions are kindled by the witches' prediction that he will someday be king. In an effort to hasten the prophecy, he and Lady Macbeth plot the murders of those in the way. Under the strain of the heinous crimes, Lady Macbeth dies and Macbeth edges toward insanity. In the tragic climax, Macbeth is killed in a duel and Malcolm becomes king

Best American plays( )

in English and held by 473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Shakespeare's All's well that ends well by William Shakespeare( Recording )

22 editions published between 1961 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, resorts to chicanery to win the respect and affection of her husband. A complete play in five acts, with a full cast

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

Not a traditional love story, but the delicious war of words between Kate and Petruchio makes them a memorable pair of lovers in this farcical battle of the sexes, one of the first plays by Shakespeare

A few enquiries by Howard Sackler( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare( Recording )

26 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A farce about two pairs of twins involved in an elaborate series of mistaken identities

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 376 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

Antigone by Sophocles( Recording )

20 editions published between 1900 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

6 editions published between 1958 and 1991 in English and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collections of Emily Dickinson's best poems interspersed with letters she wrote to those close to her

Fear and desire by Stanley Kubrick( Visual )

26 editions published between 1953 and 2014 in English and German and held by 352 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 348 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 338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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