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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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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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Three Sisters

Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt

A clear, colloquial and accurate translation of Chekhov's play about the Prozorov family's dream of returning from the provinces to an idealised Moscow.

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

By Eugene O'Neill

A trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.

Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays

Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays

By Eugene O'Neill

Two compelling and thought-provoking plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

The 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.

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

By Eugene O'Neill

A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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
    Long Day's Journey into Night

    Long Day's Journey into Night

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

    Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

    Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

    Edited by Richard Nelson

    Four lively dramas from the twenties and thirties evoking a world of gangsters, crooked cops, intrepid newpaper hacks and slightly tarnished damsels in distress.

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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.

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