Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Queen Margaret
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.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Proposal
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsThe Poor Man's Comfort
A Jacobean tragicomedy from 1617, about a shepherd who seeks redress for a miscarriage of justice.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Player Kings
Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
By William Shakespeare Adapted by Robert IckeShakespeare'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.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Available soonThe Playboy of the Western World
By J.M. SyngeJ.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.
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£4.99£3.99
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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£4.50£3.60There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Peribanez
By Lope de Vega Adapted by Tanya RonderA gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.
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£10.99£8.79
Peer Gynt
A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.
- Paperback£12.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Othello
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£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Othello (Frantic Assembly version)
Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Orestes: Blood and Light
By Helen Edmundson Original author EuripidesAn explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19The Oresteia
Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).
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£3.99£3.19
On the Evils of Tobacco
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsOedipus
By Sophocles Translated by Kenneth McLeishTwo plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.
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£4.99£3.99
The Noble Spanish Soldier
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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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)
By Thomas Middleton and William RowleyA black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Nathan the Wise
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward KempLessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79
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