Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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Chekhov: Four Plays
Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.
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Chekhov: Shorts
A collection of five of Anton Chekhov’s best-known short plays, in brand new English translations.
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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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The Cherry Orchard
A unique edition of Chekhov's masterpiece in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.
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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Stephen KaramA fresh take on Chekhov's classic play, by the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans.
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Children of the Sun
By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineA Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.
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The City Madam (RSC edition)
A waspish city comedy attacking the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension.
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The Country Wife
A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.
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Creditors
By August Strindberg Translated by Howard BrentonPassionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, a wickedly enjoyable black comedy that Strindberg considered his masterpiece.
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Cuckold Ubu
By Alfred JarryA sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume Ubu
The Custom of the Country
By John Fletcher and Philip MassingerA 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony BurgessThe nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.
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The Dance of Death
By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen MulrineStrindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.
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The Dance of Death
By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPhersonA visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.
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Dances of Death
By Howard Brenton Original author August StrindbergA gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.
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Desire Under the Elms
A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.
Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
Two plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, developed and conceived in tandem, drawing on the raw experience of the author's own family relationships.
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The Devil is an Ass
By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.
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The Devil's Charter
A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.
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Doctor Faustus
The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.
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A Doll's House
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.
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A Doll's House
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton WilderThornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.
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A Doll's House (Sheffield Theatres version)
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Chris BushA taut and gripping adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama, premiered at the Crucible, Sheffield Theatres, in 2024.
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