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2007, c2003. Call No: DVD Fic Byron Edition: DVD format ; Region 1, NTSC ; Dolby Digital stereo ; widescreen presentation. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Byron charts the rise and fall of an irresistible and devastatingly handsome genius who had it all and threw it all away. It begins as Byron's struggle for acceptance as a poet is reversed by the publication of Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, which turns him into an overnight success and the toast of London society--the 19th century equivalent of a bad-boy rock star. While disdaining social conventions, he needs money, so marries wealthy pious Annabella Milbanke after becoming in-famous for his affairs with serving girls, society beauties, and his half-sister, leaving the landscape littered with illegitimate children. As his reputation spreads, it is permanently tarnished, so Byron abandons England for self-imposed exile in Venice, and dies after taking up the Greek struggle for independence from the Turks.
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-- Bernard Shaw's Devil's disciple2006, c1987., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Devil's D Edition: DVD format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: BBC video classicsSummary Note: In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he's been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother. To complicate matters, the British have arrived.
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-- Orson Welles King Lear[2010], c1953., Distributed by E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD SHK Fic King Lear (1953) Edition: DVD format ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters' skill at false adulation. The king takes away her portion of the kingdom, despite the pleadings of some of his most loyal nobles. It is not long before Goneril and Regan reveal their deep ingratitude, and soon the old king finds himself in a confusing and desperate position.
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-- Wings of the dove2009., BBC Video ; Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Wings Edition: DVD format ; full screen (1.33:1) ; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Kate Croy and Merton Densher are engaged in a passionate, clandestine love affair. Croy is desperately in love with Densher, but he lacks money, making him unsuitable as a mate. By chance, Croy befriends Milly Theale, a young American heiress. When Croy discovers that Theale suffers from a mysterious and fatal malady, she hatches a plan that can give all three something that they want, but at a price.