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In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona), with elopement, and with intense mutual devotion and that ends precipitately with jealous rage and violent deaths. He sets this story in the romantic world of the Mediterranean, moving the action from Venice to the island of Cyprus and giving it an even more exotic coloring with stories of Othello's African past. Shakespeare builds so many differences into his hero and heroine—differences of race, of age, of cultural background—that one should not, perhaps, be surprised that the marriage ends disastrously. But most people who see or read the play feel that the love that the play presents between Othello and Desdemona is so strong that it would have overcome all these differences were it not for the words and actions of Othello's standard-bearer, Iago, who hates Othello and sets out to destroy him by destroying his love for Desdemona. As Othello succumbs to Iago's insinuations that Desdemona is unfaithful, fascination—which dominates the early acts of the play—turns to horror, especially for the audience. We are confronted by spectacles of a generous and trusting Othello in the grip of Iago's schemes; of an innocent Desdemona, who has given herself up entirely to her love for Othello only to be subjected to his horrifying verbal and physical assaults, the outcome of Othello's mistaken convictions about her faithlessness.

“Haldun Taner’in en usta yapıtlarından biri olan “Sersem Kocanın Kurnaz Karısı”, Molière’in birçok piyesini Türkçeye adapte etmiş devlet adamı Ahmet Vefik Paşa üzerinedir. Paşa, Bursa’da vali iken kendi başına bir tiyatro kurmuş, Türk ve Ermenilerden oluşan aktörlerini bizzat yönetmişti. Üç perde boyunca Molière’in Georges Dandin’inden sahneleri üç ayrı üslup varyasyonu içinde izleriz. Bunun sonucu, bugünkü Türkiye’deki çeşitli oyun üsluplarının bir parodisidir. Taner’in tercih ve sevgisinin geleneksel Türk tuluat tiyatrosundan yana olduğu ustaca işleyişinin içinde sezilir.” (Metin And)Zaten aktör dediğin nedir ki? Oynarken varızdır. Yok olunca da sesimiz bu boş kubbede bir hoş seda olarak kalır. Bir zaman sonra da unutulur gider. Olsa olsa eski program dergilerinde soluk birer hayal olur kalırız. Görorum hepiniz gardroba koşmaya hazırlanorsunuz. Birazdan teatro bomboş kalacak. Ama teatro işte o zaman yaşamaya başlar. Çünkü Satenik’in bir şarkısı şu perdelerden birine takılı kalmıştır. Benim bir tiradım şu pervaza sinmiştir. Hıranuş’la Virjinya’nın bir diyalogu eski kostümlerin birinin yırtığına sığınmıştır. İşte bu hatıralar, o sessizlikte saklandıkları yerden çıkar, bir fısıltı halinde yine sahneye dökülürler. Artık kendimiz yoğuz. Seyircilerimiz de kalmadı. Ama repliklerimiz, fısıldaşır dururlar sabaha kadar. Gün ağarır, temizleyiciler gelir, replikler yerlerine kaçışır. Perde.

The Ballad of Ali of Keshan is an epic play by Haldun Taner. This is the story of a man from a shantytown in Instanbul who was thrown into jail for a crime he did not commit, but who becomes a hero for his alleged murder of a much hated bully. He assumes the personality that his environment forces upon him, and at the end, he actually becomes a murderer. Although the story takes place in a shantytown, the play is a satire on the big city with its political machines, bureaucracy, mass hysteria, sentimental love, and myths.

Nerden başlasam bilemedim. "Bir margarita, bir margaritaya, bre margarita, gel seninle margaristanda, bir margarin dükkanı açalım mı?"Bir Türk, Çarşamba'dan çıkar 10 üzerinden 3'lük(fazla mı verdim?) bir İngilizce ile Teksas'a tam olarak Dallas'a -Ceyar'gilin orası- giderse ne olur, başından neler geçer onun hikayesi. Türkiye'den çıkarken yaptığı gün hesabından başlayıp ülkeye dönüp bavul beklediği ana kadar eğlenerek okuduğum güzel bir anı kitabı.Not: Kitapta bahsi geçen (fıstıkların yere atıldığı bar) Billy Miner kapanmış.

İş kazası, trafik kazası gibi çok görülmeye başlandı aşk kazası! Canım sıkılınca bir sigara yakıyorum. İçince öksürüyorum, öksürünce tükürüyorum, tükürünce damağım kuruyor, hemen şarap içiyorum, fakat bütün bunların bende bir alışkanlık yapmasından korkuyorum. Bu düşünce bende efkar yapıyor, hemen bir sigara yakıyorum, her efkarlandığımda sigara yakmamın bende bir alışkanlık olmasından korkuyorum. Ben canım sıkılınca sigara içiyorum ve yıllardır çok acayip sıkılıyor canım. Aptalların en akıllı tarafı, onlar hiç vakit kaybetmez, başkalarının vakit kaybetmez, başkalarının vakit kaybetmesini sağlar ve bu konuda harıl harıl çalışırlar! Hiç kitap okumayan birinin, hayatının sonunda kitap sayfası olan ağaçtan ne farkı var, kımıldayan canlı olarak? Siz siz olun, sinirinize mukayyet olun, sinirinizin kıymetini bilin. Sinirsizlik çok tehlikeli bir boyut. Gençliğimde gıcık olduğum amcalardanlaşmakta mıyım.

It's 1992. Colonna is offered a fee he can’t refuse to ghostwrite a memoir. His subject, Braggadocio, is convinced that Mussolini’s corpse was a body double and part of a wider Fascist plot. When a body is found stabbed to death in a back alley, even Colonna is jolted out of his complacency.Fuelled by conspiracy theories, Mafiosi, love, corruption and murder, Número Zero reverberates with the clash of forces that have shaped Italy since the Second World War.

Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin. There, in the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novel. Yambo struggles through the frames to capture one simple, innocent image: that of his first love. A fascinating, abundant novel-wide-ranging, nostalgic, funny, full of heart-from the incomparable Eco.

After a violent storm in the South Pacific in the year 1643, Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked-on a ship. Swept from the Amaryllis, he has managed to pull himself aboard the Daphne, anchored in the bay of a beautiful island. The ship is fully provisioned, he discovers, but the crew is missing. As Roberto explores the different cabinets in the hold, he remembers chapters from his youth: Ferrante, his imaginary evil brother; the siege of Casale, that meaningless chess move in the Thirty Years' War in which he lost his father and his illusions; and the lessons given him on Reasons of State, fencing, the writing of love letters, and blasphemy.In this fascinating, lyrical tale, Umberto Eco tells of a young dreamer searching for love and meaning; and of a most amazing old Jesuit who, with his clocks and maps, has plumbed the secrets of longitudes, the four moons of Jupiter, and the Flood.

It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story.Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander-who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa-adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends.Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a legendary priest-king said to rule over a vast kingdom in the East-a phantasmagorical land of strange creatures with eyes on their shoulders and mouths on their stomachs, of eunuchs, unicorns, and lovely maidens. With dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, extraordinary feeling, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age, this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best.

Foucault's Pendulum is divided into ten segments represented by the ten Sefiroth. The novel is full of esoteric references to the Kabbalah. The title of the book refers to an actual pendulum designed by the French physicist Léon Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the earth, which has symbolic significance within the novel.Bored with their work, and after reading too many manuscripts about occult conspiracy theories, three vanity publisher employees (Belbo, Diotallevi and Casaubon) invent their own conspiracy for fun. They call this satirical intellectual game "The Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled—a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real.The three become increasingly obsessed with The Plan, and sometimes forget that it's just a game. Worse still, other conspiracy theorists learn about The Plan, and take it seriously. Belbo finds himself the target of a real secret society that believes he possesses the key to the lost treasure of the Knights Templar.Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semioticadventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment.

The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where “the most interesting things happen at night.”

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

1997 Italian film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

1975 drama film based on the novel by Ken Kesey

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

1995 German-American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Bryan Singer

A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

Donte Clark's poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of a struggling city. Yet rather than succumb to the pressures of Richmond, CA, Clark uses his artistic perspective to help save his city from itself.

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

1956 American musical comedy film directed by Charles Walters

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower's children.

1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

1927 German science fiction directed film by Fritz Lang

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

1964  Satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

1974 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams, in order to help others in his community, and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers).Theatrically, the film's break-even point was $6.3 million, about twice the production cost, a figure it did not come close to achieving on its initial release. Because of the film's disappointing sales, Capra was seen by some studios as having lost his ability to produce popular, financially successful films. Although It's a Wonderful Life initially received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office, it became a Christmas classic after its copyright lapsed and it fell into the public domain, which allowed it to be broadcast without licensing or royalty fees.

German composer and conductor (1813-1883)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, IPA: [pʲɵtr‿ɨˈlʲjitɕ tɕɪjˈkofskʲɪj] (listen); 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant as there was little opportunity for a musical career in Russia at the time and no system of public music education. When an opportunity for such an education arose, he entered the nascent Saint Petersburg Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1865. The formal Western-oriented teaching that he received there set him apart from composers of the contemporary nationalist movement embodied by the Russian composers of The Five with whom his professional relationship was mixed.

German composer and musician of the Baroque era

American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)

American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer

A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.

American comedy television series created by Dan Harmon

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan.

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.

After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.

Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.

British–American television drama series

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

2019 miniseries about the Chernobyl disaster

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