Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values. The man himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. This collection of essays examines the playwright's medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. With a foreword by Michael Almereyda (director of the ""Hamlet"" starring Ethan Hawke) and dramaturge Dakin Matthews, these thirteen essays analyze the ways in which our modern understanding of medieval life has been influenced by our appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

Melanie Griffith stars in this cult sci-fi feature. In 2017, in post-apocalyptic America, wealthy businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews) hires renegade tracker Edith E. Johnson (Griffith) to help him find an exact duplicate of his short-circuited android wife Cherry 2000. But on their way to the dangerous Zone 7 the pair have to get past its overseer Lester (Tim Thomerson) and his gang of thugs.

Melanie Griffith stars in this cult sci-fi feature. In 2017, in post-apocalyptic America, wealthy businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews) hires renegade tracker Edith E. Johnson (Griffith) to help him find an exact duplicate of his short-circuited android wife Cherry 2000. But on their way to the dangerous Zone 7 the pair have to get past its overseer Lester (Tim Thomerson) and his gang of thugs.