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LitFlix September 2023

The resources in this collection can help support your study of the literature and films featured in season 2 of UEN LitFlix.

Month: September 2023

Films/Books:

  • September 1 – Our Town (1940) The poignant beauty of life and love in a small community is explored in this adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play.

  • September 8 – King Lear (1970) An aged king stumbles into error when he attempts to reward the love of his daughters. Adapted from William Shakespeare’s masterwork.

  • September 15 – The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) A comedy of errors ensues when two young men adopt false identities in Oscar Wilde’s play.

  • September 22 – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) A barber and the owner of a meat pie shop strike a murderous deal. From “Sweeney Todd” by George Dibdin-Pitt.

  • September 29 – Pygmalion (1938) Professor Higgins bets he can pass off working-class Eliza Doolittle as an aristocrat with a linguistic makeover. This adaptation was produced with input from playwright George Bernard Shaw.

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Shakespeare's Life
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A brief history of the life of William Shakespeare given by the experts at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Includes sections on his early life, his successful years in London, and his enduring legacy.

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English Language Arts
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Reading
Provider:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Date Added:
01/30/2015
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"Math Behind the Arts" asks a professional drummer and dancers from the Broadway hit, Forty-Second Street, to demonstrate fractions in action; on a TV411 special, a female carpenter shows how math and measurement are critical to her work; "Sports Smarts" taps the expertise of Mets pitcher Al Leiter on the perimeter of a baseball diamond; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains the concept of percentages and multiple mark-downs to bargain-hunting patrons of the Big Store.

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Arts and Humanities
Business and Economics
Career and Technical Education
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Financial Literacy
Mathematics
Music
Secondary Mathematics
Theater
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Utah Education Network
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TV411
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KET - Kentucky Educational Television
Date Added:
06/25/1905
The Tragedy of King Lear
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The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of King Lear to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Reading
Provider:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Author:
William Shakespeare
Date Added:
06/01/2018