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Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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Wallenstein

Wallenstein

By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

Schiller'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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Volpone

Volpone

By Ben Jonson

Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Annie Baker

A version of Chekhov's classic play by the celebrated US playwright, Annie Baker.

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Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Conor McPherson

Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

Ubu

Ubu

The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An 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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A Tragic Figure

A Tragic Figure

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    A Touch of the Poet

    A Touch of the Poet

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A powerful play tracking the Yankee experience from innocence to corruption, from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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    Thyestes

    Thyestes

    By Seneca Translated by Caryl Churchill

    Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

    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.

    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Nicholas Wright

    Nicholas Wright's version of Chekhov's masterpiece, in which four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater following the death of their father.

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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Tracy Letts

    An energetic and vitalizing adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's most beloved plays.

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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Cordelia Lynn

    Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

    Thomas More

    Thomas More

    By Anthony Munday, William Shakespeare and Henry Chettle

    The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

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    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An eidition 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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    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

    Moliere's comic masterpiece about an irreclaimable hypocrite - one of the most famous French plays of all time.

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