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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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Les Parents Terribles

Les Parents Terribles

By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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The Learned Ladies

The Learned Ladies

By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller

Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The League of Youth

The League of Youth

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett

Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan

By Oscar Wilde

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

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The Lady From the Sea

The Lady From the Sea

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Lady from the Sea

The Lady from the Sea

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor Cook

Ibsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.

La Ronde

La Ronde

By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Stephen Unwin and Peter Zombory-Moldovan

Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

By Francis Beaumont

A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred 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 Ubu
    King Leir

    King Leir

    By Anonymous

    An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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    King Lear

    King Lear

    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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    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    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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    Judgement Day

    Judgement Day

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

    An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

    A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

    The Jew of Malta

    The Jew of Malta

    By Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Ivanov

    Ivanov

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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