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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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Swansong

Swansong

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    The Inspector

    The Inspector

    By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    A revelatory new translation of Gogol’s biting masterpiece by American playwright Richard Nelson, in collaboration with the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

    • Paperback
    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    A unique edition of Chekhov's play in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

    • Paperback
    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
      Cuckold Ubu

      Cuckold Ubu

      By Alfred Jarry

      A 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 Ubu
        Slave Ubu

        Slave Ubu

        By Alfred Jarry

        The 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 Ubu
          London Assurance

          London Assurance

          By Dion Boucicault

          A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          The Hypochondriac

          The Hypochondriac

          By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

          Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          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.

          The Alchemist

          The Alchemist

          By Ben Jonson

          Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          The Devil is an Ass

          The Devil is an Ass

          By Ben Jonson

          Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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          The White Devil

          The White Devil

          By John Webster

          The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          Don Juan

          Don Juan

          By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

          Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

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          A Flea in Her Ear

          A Flea in Her Ear

          By Georges Feydeau Translated by Kenneth McLeish

          A classic French farce of infidelity and mistaken identity. 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.

          Rosmersholm

          Rosmersholm

          By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

          Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          The Wild Duck

          The Wild Duck

          By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

          Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          Summerfolk

          Summerfolk

          By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

          Gorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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