Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
Ubu
The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu
Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.
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By Alfred JarryAlfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume UbuCuckold Ubu
By Alfred JarryA sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume UbuSlave Ubu
By Alfred JarryThe third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume UbuThe Playboy of the Western World
By J.M. SyngeJ.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Bartholomew Fair
By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Naked
By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas WrightPirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..
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Flight
By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron HutchinsonA rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.
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The Honest Whore
A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.
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Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón Translated by John CliffordA masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.
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£4.50£3.60Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99A Mad World, My Masters
A masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.
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All for Love
By John DrydenDryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.
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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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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov'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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The Devil's Charter
A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.
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The Custom of the Country
By John Fletcher and Philip MassingerA 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.
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Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov'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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