Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Alchemist
Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Ben JonsonBen 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
By John WebsterThe Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Don Juan
By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeishMolière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.
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Children of the Sun
By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineA Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.
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Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.
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A Flea in Her Ear
By Georges Feydeau Translated by Kenneth McLeishA classic French farce of infidelity and mistaken identity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishOne of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Rosmersholm
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen'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.
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By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen MulrineIbsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineGorky'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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By John GayJohn Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera, often regarded as the world's first ever musical.
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A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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The Emperor Jones
An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.
Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two playsDesire Under the Elms
A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.
Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God BrownThe Great God Brown
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 BrownThe Hairy Ape
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
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