Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Cleopatra: A stylish and lavish portrayal of the notorious Egyptian empress's love for Roman general Marc Antony. Imitation of Life: Two women struggle through financial hardship and racial prejudice to raise their daughters. Midnight: An our-of-work American showgirl gets caught up in Parisian high society. The Palm Beach story: Two sets of identical twins marry one another's sweethearts, and then are forced by financial troubles to seek more profitable...

Season One: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus...