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Adaptations

The Gift of the Magi

The story about a husband and wife who are poor but who manage to give each other a special Christmas gift.

DVD
813.52
GIF

Our Town

The story of a small New England town fraught with human drama, family conflict, marriage, life and death.

DVD
812.54
OUR

Mirror Mirror

Gregory Maguire

Presents a retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, set in early sixteenth-century Italy, in which the life of innocent, young Bianca de Nevada is disrupted when her beloved father is sent on an errand

FIC
MAG

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Nineteenth-century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Court where he tries to introduce modern technology and political ideas to the inhabitants.

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TWA

Macbeth

A production of William Shakespeare's tragedy.

DVD
822.33
MAC

The Crucible

With the Salem witch trials as a background, a young woman seeks revenge against her married lover by accusing him and his wife of sorcery.

DVD
812.52
CRU

The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley

A re-creation of the Arthurian legend following the clash between Christianity and paganism that led to the demise of Camelot.

FIC
BRA

The Once and Future King

T. H. White

The romance and chivalry of medieval England transported to the modern world.

FIC
Whi

Briar Rose

Jane Yolen

In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," a young woman learns that her grandmother had a secret past tied to the Holocaust.

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YOL

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

True-to-text BBC/TimeLife adaptations of Shakespeare's famous tragedies, featuring some of Britain's most distinguished actors and directors.

DVD
822.33
DRA
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