Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama

This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.

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Queen Margaret

Queen Margaret

By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare

Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

The Proposal

The Proposal

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    The Poor Man's Comfort

    The Poor Man's Comfort

    By Robert Daborne

    A Jacobean tragicomedy from 1617, about a shepherd who seeks redress for a miscarriage of justice.

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    Player Kings

    Player Kings

    Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2

    By William Shakespeare Adapted by Robert Icke

    Shakespeare's great history plays, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, brought together in a visionary new version adapted by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.

    The Playboy of the Western World

    The Playboy of the Western World

    By J.M. Synge

    J.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Phedra

    Phedra

    By Jean Racine Translated by Julie Rose

    Racine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.

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    Peribanez

    Peribanez

    By Lope de Vega Adapted by Tanya Ronder

    A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.

    Peer Gynt

    Peer Gynt

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman

    A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.

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    Peer Gynt

    Peer Gynt

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Othello

    Othello

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An 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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    Othello

    Othello (Frantic Assembly version)

    By William Shakespeare Adapted by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett

    Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.

    Orestes: Blood and Light

    Orestes: Blood and Light

    By Helen Edmundson Original author Euripides

    An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.

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    The Oresteia

    The Oresteia

    By Aeschylus Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

    Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).

    On the Evils of Tobacco

    On the Evils of Tobacco

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      Oedipus

      Oedipus

      By Sophocles Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

      Oedipus

      Oedipus

      By Sophocles Adapted by Ella Hickson

      An intimate and revelatory version of Sophocles' transcendent tragedy, premiered at the Old Vic, London, in 2025, starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma.

      The Noble Spanish Soldier

      The Noble Spanish Soldier

      By Thomas Dekker

      A revenge tragedy set in the Spanish court, filled with powerful dramatic moments of violence, pathos, satire and humour. Part of the Globe Quartos series, co-published with Shakespeare's Globe.

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      A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)

      A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)

      By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

      A black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.

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      Nathan the Wise

      Nathan the Wise

      By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward Kemp

      Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

      Naked

      Naked

      By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

      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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      Much Ado About Nothing

      Much Ado About Nothing (West End edition)

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Robert Hastie and Josie Rourke

      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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      Much Ado About Nothing

      Much Ado About Nothing

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

      An 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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      Mourning Becomes Electra

      Mourning Becomes Electra

      By Eugene O'Neill

      A trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.

      A Month in the Country

      A Month in the Country

      By Ivan Turgenev Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

      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.

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