Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Ivanov
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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The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)
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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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)
A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.
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John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)
A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Judgement Day
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike PoultonAn adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.
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Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn 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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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
King Lear
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn 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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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
King Leir
By AnonymousAn anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.
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King Ubu
By Alfred JarryAlfred 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.
Published in volume UbuThe Knight of the Burning Pestle
A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99
La Ronde
Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Lady From the Sea
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishOne of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
The Lady from the Sea
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor CookIbsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Lady Windermere's Fan
By Oscar WildeA biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The League of Youth
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy BarrettIbsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.
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£9.99£7.99
The Learned Ladies
By Molière Translated by A.R. WallerMolière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.50£3.60There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Les Parents Terribles
By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy SamsJean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.
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