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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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Fuente Ovejuna

Fuente Ovejuna

By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence Boswell

A masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.

The Game Of Love And Chance

The Game Of Love And Chance

By Pierre Marivaux Translated by Stephen Mulrine

The best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights - a sparkling 18th-century comedy of manners. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Ghosts

Ghosts

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

An English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Ghosts

Ghosts

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

Richard Eyre's version of Ibsen's Ghosts is a fresh and vivid depiction of a woman who yearns for emotional and sexual freedom, but who is too timid to achieve it.

The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    The Hairy Ape

    The Hairy Ape

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.

    Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
      The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings

      The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings

      By Eugene O'Neill

      Two powerful expressionist plays from the early career of one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

      Hamlet

      Hamlet

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

      An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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      Hedda Gabler

      Hedda Gabler

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Hedda Gabler

      Hedda Gabler (Almeida Theatre version)

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her.

      Hedda Gabler

      Hedda Gabler (Abbey Theatre version)

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mark O'Rowe

      A fluid yet faithful adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece.

      Henry IV Part I

      Henry IV Part I

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

      An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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      Henry IV Part II

      Henry IV Part II

      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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      Henry V

      Henry V

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

      An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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      The Honest Whore

      The Honest Whore

      By Thomas Dekker

      A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

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      The House of Bernarda Alba

      The House of Bernarda Alba

      By Federico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro

      García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

      The House of Bernarda Alba

      The House of Bernarda Alba

      By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

      Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

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