Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
The Enchantment
The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Emperor Jones
An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.
Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two playsEmperor and Galilean
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben PowerA thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Electra
Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
Electra
A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Edward III
Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Edward II
The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.
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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Eastward Ho!
A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.
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£9.99£7.99
The Duchess of Malfi
By John WebsterThe macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
A Dream Play
By August Strindberg Adapted by Caryl ChurchillCaryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Don 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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£3.99£3.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Don Carlos
By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike PoultonSchiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
A Doll's House
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99A Doll's House
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton WilderThornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.
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Doctor Faustus
The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.
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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 Devil's Charter
A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Devil is an Ass
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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£3.99£3.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
Two plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, developed and conceived in tandem, drawing on the raw experience of the author's own family relationships.
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£12.99£10.39
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