Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
An Enemy of the People
Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.
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By Thomas Heywood Edited by Trevor GriffithsA startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. 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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The Rivals
One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón Translated by John CliffordA masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.
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By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Learned Ladies
By Molière Translated by A.R. WallerMolière'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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Yerma
By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordLorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen MulrineAn English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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London Assurance
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.
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The Oresteia
Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).
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The Hypochondriac
By Molière Translated by Martin SorrellMolière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The 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
By Ben JonsonBen 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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Lysistrata
By Aristophanes Translated by Patric DickinsonThe ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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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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