Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
Rosmersholm
A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece.
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By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence BoswellA masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Wallenstein
By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike PoultonSchiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.
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Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
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Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)
By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.
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London Assurance
A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Salome
By Oscar WildeThe savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.
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Spring Awakening
Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.
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By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by David EdgarAn enthralling version of an unforgettable Ibsen classic.
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Ivanov
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordLorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The School for Husbands & The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle
Translated by Richard WilburEnglish verse translations of Molière's two great comedies of marriage and misunderstanding.
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Lovers' Quarrels
Translated by Richard WilburAn English verse translation of Molière's second verse comedy, featuring a heroine masquerading as a man, yet unable to evade Cupid.
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The Bungler
Translated by Richard WilburAn English verse translation of Molière's first great play.
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Amphitryon
Translated by Richard WilburMolière's Amphitryon is based on a play by Plautus. In Molière's version, Jupiter's love affairs allude to those of the French king.
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The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
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Cardenio
Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined
Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.
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