'Don Quixote' (1952)

CBS Television Workshop production (Season 1, Episode 1) was directed by Sidney Lumet and featured Boris Karloff in the title role, with Grace Kelly playing Dulcinea. Jimmy Savo appears as Sancho Panza. Produced by Joe Scully and Norris Houghton.
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Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes   Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes   No Cassettes. No CD's. No downloads. Just Play.   Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, this highly-esteemed translation and abridgement of the beloved masterpiece will enchant a new generation of readers.   Las Mejores Aventuras De Don Quijote Y Sancho Panza   An Up-to-date Translation for Today's Readers  

Aimed at students and general readers, this reference provides background information on Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote. Mancing (Spanish, Purdue U.) opens the volume with an overview of Cervantes' life and major works, followed by a plot summary of Don Quixote. Other chapters review the novel's publishing history, place it within its social and historical contexts, and discuss its structure and main themes. A bibliographical essay offers suggestions for further reading.   Nureyev's Don Quixote   It was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned in favour of the present undertaking what had long been a favourite project: that of a new edition of Shelton's Don Quixote, which has now become a somewhat scarce book. There are some-and I confess myself to be one-for whom Shelton's racy old version, with all its defects, has a charm that no modern translation, however skilful or correct, could possess.   Driven mad by reading too many chivalric romances, Don Quixote decks himself out in rusty armor and a cardboard helmet, determined to become a knight-errant and roam the world righting wrongs.   By John Jay Allen   First published in 1605, Don Quixote is the story of a man driven mad by books of chivalry, a self-appointed knight-errant and his adventures on the back roads of Spain. Centuries later, it is considered by many the greatest novel of all time. Why?

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes   190 wood-engraved plates, 120 full-page: charging the windmill, traversing Spanish plains, valleys, mountains, ghostly visions of dragons, knights, flaming lake. Marvelous detail, minutiae, accurate costumes, architecture, enchantment, pathos, humor. Captions.   Stories of Don Quixote for Young People by James Baldwin   A retelling for the youthful reader of the most interesting parts of Cervantes' great novel about Don Quixote, the eccentric gentleman who fancies himself a knight-errant. The adventures most appealing to children are included, and related in such a way as to form a continuous narrative, with both the spirit and style of the original preserved as much as possible. Suitable for ages 10 and up.   You can never have too much of a good thing -- hundreds of enlightening proverbs from one of literature's greatest novels. A browser's delight of proverbs, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' classic, The Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote de la Mancha distills the timeless insight and humor of the masterpiece into a charming gift-size collection ideal for any lover of literature and great quotations.