Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99She Stoops to Conquer
The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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An Ideal Husband
By Oscar WildeThe Rolls-Royce of English comedies, exploring corruption and morality, and bringing an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.
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The Marriage of Figaro
By Pierre Beaumarchais Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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La Ronde
Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.
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A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Tartuffe
By Molière Translated by Martin SorrellMoliere's comic masterpiece about an irreclaimable hypocrite - one of the most famous French plays of all time.
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A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Women Beware Women
A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Miser
By Molière Translated by Martin SorrellMolière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.
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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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By Oscar WildeA biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Misanthrope
By Molière Translated by Stephen MulrineMolière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordGarcía Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.
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By Fernando de Rojas Translated by John CliffordA pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.
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By Oscar WildeOscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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