Sackler, Howard

Overview

Works:	482 works in 1,678 publications in 3 languages and 23,237 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc History Historical drama Audio adaptations Tragedies (Drama) Action and adventure films Fiction Radio adaptations Poetry
Roles:	Director, Author, Author of screenplay, Performer, rdd, Scenarist, Other, Bibliographic antecedent, Adapter, Recipient, Conceptor, Actor, dtr, Author of dialog, Editor, Conductor, Creator
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 Oliver( )
Howard Sackler playscripts for The great white hope by Howard Sackler( )

Larry Neal papers by Larry Neal( )
Sackler, Howard. playwright( )

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Most widely held works by Howard Sackler

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

28 editions published between 1961 and 1971 in English and held by 1,417 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 )

42 editions published between 1961 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 994 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Jaws 2 by Jeannot Szwarc( Visual )

25 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in English and Japanese and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It's been four years since that marauding great white shark terroized the small summer resort of Amity; but the shark that Police Chief Brody destroyed wasn't the only one in the ocean! The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to that film classic

The glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams( Recording )

21 editions published between 1964 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 819 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

10 editions published between 1964 and 1996 in English and held by 759 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A romantic comedy about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers, and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as we watch entangled love affairs; the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens; and the antics of Fairy King Oberon, his queen Titania and the frolicsome wee folk

Hamlet by William Shakespeare( Recording )

44 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 671 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The complete play in five acts

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare( Recording )

30 editions published between 1961 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 601 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two young lovers from feuding families cannot survive

Best American plays( )

in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macbeth by William Shakespeare( Recording )

24 editions published between 1960 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two Scottish generals meet three witches who prophesy new titles for Macbeth and even the kingship. The complete play in five acts with full cast

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare( Recording )

26 editions published between 1960 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 402 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A comedy of love and mistaken identity, with cross-dressing, shifting desires, and a surprise ending for shipwrecked twins; along the way a deft jester disarms a pretentious butler

A few enquiries by Howard Sackler( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare( Recording )

24 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare( Recording )

28 editions published between 1962 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A recorded performance of Shakespeare's play

Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare( Recording )

23 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 358 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

The merry wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare( Recording )

24 editions published between 1965 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 339 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Antigone by Sophokles( Recording )

19 editions published between 1900 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 330 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 )

30 editions published between 1953 and 2018 in English and held by 327 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

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen( Recording )

19 editions published between 1966 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Sonnets by William Shakespeare( Recording )

9 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Othello by William Shakespeare( Recording )

23 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 295 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

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