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Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a timeless comedic masterpiece that combines witty satire, social commentary, and farcical humor in a delightful theatrical concoction.
Set in the elegant drawing rooms of Victorian-era London, the play revolves around the hilarious deceptions of its characters, particularly Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing. These dashing young men each maintain a fictitious persona-Algernon has invented a friend...
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Dover
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Shakespeare's romantic comedy takes on a new and vivid life with these brilliant images by one of the 20th century's leading illustrators. This faithful reprint rivals the limited and first editions of 1908. Includes the complete text of the play, along with 40 full-color and numerous black-and-white illustrations.
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A comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. The play consists of multiple subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot revolves around a conflict between four Athenian lovers, one about a group of six amateur actors who have to act out their interpretation of the play 'Pyramus and Thisbe' at the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. These subplots take place in a forest, inhabited by fairies who control the characters...
6) La Bohème
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
Italiano
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Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation.
7) Pillow talk
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Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Jan Morrow is an ambitious interior decorator who has to share a telephone party line with playboy Brad Allen. They quarrel over phone usage but, when they meet, Allen instantly falls in love. To woo her, he pretends to be a wealthy Texan but when Jan discovers his true identity she decides to turn the tables at his expense.
12) The perfect mate
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English
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Hope is a control freak and a perfectionist and nothing would please her more than bringing the perfect future husband home for the weekend to meet her family.
13) High society
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English
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In this sophisticated musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandel sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.
14) On the town
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Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Three sailors have a 24-hour shore leave to enjoy New York. They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can't resist the advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist's "prehistoric man," and Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn't quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned.
19) Mama's boy
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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29-year-old Jeffrey Mannus is a stay-at-home guy-- not his home, his mom's. And now his biggest challenge just walked in the door: Mert Rosenbloom, mom's new beau and Jeffrey's new rival for her 24/7 attention. Mert's gotta go and no plot is too devious or immature to make Mert history.