Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama

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

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King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

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    King Leir

    King Leir

    By Anonymous

    An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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    King Lear

    King Lear

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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    Judgement Day

    Judgement Day

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

    An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

    A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

    The Jew of Malta

    The Jew of Malta

    By Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Ivanov

    Ivanov

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Ivanov

    Ivanov

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    Chekhov's character study of a man undone by his own spiritual malaise, in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

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    An Italian Straw Hat

    An Italian Straw Hat

    By Eugène Labiche Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    A classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Island Princess

    The Island Princess

    By John Fletcher

    A lyrical and poetic Discovery Play about Princess Quisara of the Indonesian island of Tidore, who vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother.

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    The Inspector

    The Inspector

    By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    A revelatory new translation of Gogol’s biting masterpiece by American playwright Richard Nelson, in collaboration with the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    By Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

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    The Illusion

    The Illusion

    By Pierre Corneille Adapted by Tony Kushner

    An enchanting argument for the power of theatrical imagination over reality, The Illusion weaves obsession and caprice, romance and murder, fact and fiction, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion of all – love.

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    An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

    By Oscar Wilde

    The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, exploring corruption and morality, and bringing an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.

    Ibsen: Three Plays

    Ibsen: Three Plays

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Stephen Mulrine

    Ibsen's three great 'problem plays', A Doll's House, Ghosts and Hedda Gabler, in sensitive and playable translations from the original Norwegian, along with a full introduction to the author, his times and his work.

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    The Hypochondriac

    The Hypochondriac

    By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

    Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    By Federico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro

    García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

    Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

    The Honest Whore

    The Honest Whore

    By Thomas Dekker

    A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

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    Henry V

    Henry V

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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    Henry IV Part II

    Henry IV Part II

    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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