Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
The Proposal
A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.
The Poor Man's Comfort
A Jacobean tragicomedy from 1617, about a shepherd who seeks redress for a miscarriage of justice.
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Player Kings
Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
Shakespeare's great history plays, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, brought together in a visionary new version adapted by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.
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£11.99£9.59Pre-orderEbook£11.99£9.59Available soonThe 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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Phedra
By Jean Racine Translated by Julie RoseRacine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.
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Peribanez
By Lope de Vega Adapted by Tanya RonderA gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.
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Peer Gynt
A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.
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Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Othello
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn 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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Othello (Frantic Assembly version)
Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79On the Evils of Tobacco
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsThe Noble Spanish Soldier
A revenge tragedy set in the Spanish court, filled with powerful dramatic moments of violence, pathos, satire and humour. Part of the Globe Quartos series, co-published with Shakespeare's Globe.
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A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)
By Thomas Middleton and William RowleyA black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.
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Nathan the Wise
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward KempLessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.
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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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Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn 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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Much Ado About Nothing (West End edition)
A consummate romantic comedy that dramatises the battle of the sexes with a dazzling display of Shakespeare's wit and wordplay.
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Mourning Becomes Electra
A trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.
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