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Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
34 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in English and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Octavius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength. Caesar condemns Antony for neglecting his duties as a statesman and military officer. Hearing that his wife, Fulvia, has died and that Pompey is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate, Antony feels he must return to Rome. Caesar and Antony try to patch up their quarrel through the marriage of Antony to Caesar's sister Octavia. In Egypt, Cleopatra is told that Antony has married and is furious with jealousy. However, when the messenger says that Octavia is not very beautiful, Cleopatra feels confident that she can win Antony back. The triumvirs meet Pompey, who agrees to keep peace in exchange for control of Sicily and Sardinia. When Antony and Octavia leave for Athens, Caesar breaks his truce, wages war against Pompey, and defeats him. After using Lepidus's army to secure a victory, he imprisons Lepidus. Antony learns this with anger; Octavia pleads him to stay friends with her brother. Antony sends her to Rome, then returns to Cleopatra. In Egypt he raises an army to fight Caesar. Antony decides to fight him at sea, although Caesar has the better navy; and he allows Cleopatra to command a ship, ignoring the protests of Enobarbus, his best friend. Enobarbus deserts him and joins Caesar's army, but then in remorse kills himself. Antony's forces lose the battle when Cleopatra's ship flees and Antony's follows, leaving the rest of the fleet vulnerable to attack. Antony swears he will kill Cleopatra, so she sends word that she has committed suicide. Full of grief, Antony commands his attendant to kill him, but the man kills himself instead. Antony then falls on his own sword. Caesar takes Cleopatra prisoner, planning to display her in Rome as a trophy, but she kills herself with the help of several poisonous asps. Caesar has the two lovers buried beside each other

Slavery and the making of America ( Visual )
7 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country's development

The winter's tale by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in English and held by 1,400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
King Leontes unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with King Polixenes. He imprisons Hermione, who falls into a swoon he believes is death, and orders her infant daughter to be abandoned on the shore. Sixteen years later, their daughter falls in love with Polixenes's son and when they come to Leontes' kingdom, her identity is revealed. Leontes and Polixenes become friends again, and Hermione is found to be alive after all

King Lear by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1982 and 2009 in English and held by 1,372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's plays in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters

Twelfth night by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in English and held by 1,368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
24 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and held by 1,356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Shakespeare's tragedy set in Roman times dealing with the revenge of Titus Andronicus for the atrocities committed against his family by Tamora, the captive queen of the Goths, and her faction

Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope

Love's labour's lost by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1984 and 2009 in English and held by 1,307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them

All's well that ends well by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in English and held by 1,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The new wife of a young count resorts to chicanery to win her husband's respect, a typical ploy of medieval romance

The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and held by 1,272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dramatization of Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors