Classic Drama (pre-1945)

A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

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

A black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.

Middleton's only surviving historical play, published in the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.

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

A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

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

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

A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the authoritative and accessible Shakespeare Folios series.

Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.

A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.