The Amaryllis Theater Company in Philadelphia, directed by Peter Novak, performs William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in ASL (with English voiceover). The DVD also features optional captions and a menu of each act and scene. Additional materials, including lesson plans, play synopsis, character names in ASL, themes of Twelfth Night, a downloadable and printable copy of the play, essays about Shakespeare's life and career, ASL translation issues,...

The challenge of an ABC story is to use letters of the manual alphabet, in alphabetical order, to tell a story. This DVD presents ten stories, each one presented three times: first at regular speed ; second in slow motion ; and a third time at regular speed. Recommended for sign language and interpreter education programs and an invaluable tool in assisting Deaf students gain a new and deeper appreciation of a unique form of sign language entertainment....

The definitive commentary on the life's work of Bernard Bragg, expert storyteller and performer, key figure in founding the National Theatre of the Deaf, staunch advocate for ASL and Deaf education, all shared by none other than the man himself. Bragg on Bragg mixes a collection of classic to modern video clips and provides appropriate, accompanying narration. Although entertaining, this commentary manages to provide the vision and achievements...

One of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories. Classic tale of how past abuse and cruelty can continue to haunt us and to rule our imaginations. The cat is gone, but does this sense of guilt and remorse come from outside or from within? The story has been told in American Sign Language by master story-signer Patrick Graybill.

Join the Little Theatre of the Deaf as they play with ASL and English in a comical presentation based on Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories". You are invited to listen with your eyes and be surprised at what you can see.

Aesop's fables and timeless fairy tales are told in ASL. Each fable is presented twice: first in a storytelling format and secondly in a dramatized version using minimal sets and props.

Aesop's fables and timeless fairy tales are told in ASL. Each fable is presented twice: first in a storytelling format and secondly in a dramatized version using minimal sets and props.

Adapted from the play by Bernard Bragg. The story of the growing relationship of two deaf people, one from a primarily oral background and the other from a sign language background.

Using symbols and myths drawn from the struggles between the world of the deaf and the world of the hearing, this nonverbal, gestural play fascinates audiences regardless of their knowledge of deafness or sign language.