Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
The Beaux Stratagem
George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Beggar's Opera
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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£3.99£3.19
Believe What You Will
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.
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Blood Wedding
By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordGarcía Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Blood Wedding
By Federico García Lorca Adapted by Tanya RonderGarcía Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Blood Wedding & Yerma
García Lorca's two most famous plays translated by two of America's most gifted poets.
- Paperback£18.99
The Bungler
Translated by Richard WilburAn English verse translation of Molière's first great play.
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Cardenio
Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined
Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Celestina
By Fernando de Rojas Translated by John CliffordA pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.
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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£4.99£3.99The Changeling
By Thomas Middleton and William RowleyMiddleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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Chekhov: Four Plays
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineAnton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.
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Chekhov: Shorts
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA collection of five of Anton Chekhov’s best-known short plays, in brand new English translations.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£4.99£3.99The Cherry Orchard
A unique edition of Chekhov's masterpiece in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.
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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Stephen KaramA fresh take on Chekhov's classic play, by the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans.
- Paperback£19.99
Children of the Sun
By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineA Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.
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The City Madam (RSC edition)
A waspish city comedy attacking the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension.
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