Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Naked
Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Much Ado About Nothing (West End edition)
A consummate romantic comedy that dramatises the battle of the sexes with a dazzling display of Shakespeare's wit and wordplay.
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£6.99£5.59There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Much Ado About Nothing
An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
£12.99£10.39
Mourning Becomes Electra
A trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.
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£12.99£10.39
A Month in the Country
A fresh translation of one of the permanent works in the Russian dramatic repertory, by renowned playwright Richard Nelson and the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
- Paperback£21.99
Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites & Don Quixote
Two plays
Two plays by the acclaimed Russian author and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov, in fresh new translations by preeminent Russian translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, along with prominent playwright Richard Nelson.
- Paperback£24.99
Miss Julie & Creditors
Two plays by August Strindberg
August Strindberg's classic portrayals of secrets and lies, seduction and power – both written in the summer of 1888 – in brilliant new versions by Howard Brenton.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Miss Julie
By August Strindberg Translated by Kenneth McLeishStrindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Miss Julie
By August Strindberg Adapted by Howard BrentonA brilliant adaptation of Strindberg's groundbreaking masterpiece.
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£9.99£7.99
The Miser
By Molière Translated by Martin SorrellMolière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Misanthrope
By Molière Translated by Stephen MulrineMolière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Merry Wives of Windsor
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
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£12.99£10.39
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
By AnonymousA popular comedy from the early-17th century, combining romance, magic, deer poaching and abduction from a nunnery. Part of the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Medea (Northern Broadsides version)
By Euripides Adapted by Tom PaulinEuripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.
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£9.99£7.99
Medea
The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. 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.
Medea (Headlong version)
By Euripides Adapted by Mike BartlettA bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.
- Paperback£11.99
Medea (National Theatre of Scotland version)
By Euripides Adapted by Liz LochheadEuripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Medea (Theatre Babel version)
By Euripides Adapted by Liz LochheadEuripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.
- Ebook
£9.99£7.99
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