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Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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The Father

The Father

By August Strindberg Adapted by Mike Poulton

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

Fantasio and other plays

Fantasio and other plays

By Alfred de Musset

Four plays by the great French Romantic poet Alfred de Musset (1810-57) in accomplished modern translations by American theatre practitioners.

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Exiles

Exiles

By James Joyce

James Joyce's only play, a startlingly modern portrait of a marriage.

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

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An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer

Ibsen's provocative play about truth in a society driven by power and money, given a startling contemporary spin in Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer's acclaimed version, here in an English translation by Duncan Macmillan.

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The Enchantment

The Enchantment

By Victoria Benedictsson Adapted by Clare Bayley

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

By Eugene O'Neill

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
    Emperor and Galilean

    Emperor and Galilean

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

    Edward III

    Edward III

    By William Shakespeare

    Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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    Edward II

    Edward II

    By Christopher Marlowe

    The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

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    Eastward Ho!

    Eastward Ho!

    By Ben Jonson, John Marston and George Chapman

    A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

    The Duchess of Malfi

    The Duchess of Malfi

    By John Webster

    The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    A Dream Play

    A Dream Play

    By August Strindberg Adapted by Caryl Churchill

    Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

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    Don Carlos

    Don Carlos

    By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

    Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton Wilder

    Thornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.

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