Ancient Classic Drama

Modern adaptations of classic Greek texts.

Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece - Antigone, Bacchae and Medea - all featuring female protagonists.

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector. In the Drama Classics series.

Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).

Euripides' great tragedy, covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.