The Roman Forum
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There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and...

A Midsummer's Night Dream
William Shakespeare, Mario DiGangi and David Scott Kastan
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"A Midsummer's Night Dream" is dream-like, yet humourous and farcical, as it follows the romantic...

Enchanted Shows: Vision and Structure in Elizabethan and Shakespearean Comedy About Magic
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The book, first published in 1988, examines the role of magic in Elizabethan and Shakespearean...

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
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In 1949 two young Cuban musicians, brothers Cesar and Nestor, leave Havana for New York. By day they...

Waverley
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King George is on the throne, but there are those in Scotland who swear loyalty to the Stuart heir,...

John Taylor recommended Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) in Movies (curated)

The Princess Bride (1987)
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A bedridden young boy is read a story called "The Princess Bride" by his grandfather, which tells...
Action Swashbuckling Romantic comedy Adventure

The Mask (1994)
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The Mask stars Jim Carrey as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who discovers a mysterious...

Defending Your Life (1991)
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A romantic comedy about an ad executive (Albert Brooks) who dies in a car collision and finds...
