The celebrated and controversial actress shares the story of her career on the stage and in films, life in a distinguished theatrical family, political activism and commitment to social justice, and marriages and love affairs. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: All The World's A StageHis characters are unforgettable Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet -- their stories resonating with audiences no less today than when Shakespeare first penned them. Now, in this magnificent collection of the bard's greatest speeches, Shakespeare's best-loved scenes come to life in remarkable performance by the world's greatest actors, masterfully preserved by the BBC Archives...read more

Selected from the BBC sound archives, a collection of Shakespeare's most memorable speeches and scenes includes Peggy Ashcroft's performance as Juliet, Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Antony and Cleopatra, and Richard Burton delivering the St. Crispian Day speech from Henry V.

Product Description: Aesop's fables present examples of selfishness turning to generosity, deception evolving into honor, and gloom unfolding to pleasure. These are moral tales which have survived since the life of Aesop and have traveled by language and distance...read more

Product Description: Shakespeare's sonnets are among the most famous love poems in the English language. Beautiful, poignant, and intriguing, they describe the poet's passionate friendship with a young man, his friend's seduction by the poet's own mistress, his friend's relationship with a rival poet, and his dalliances with "a woman colored ill...read more