Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Chekhov: Four Plays
Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.
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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays
Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.
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The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
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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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Believe What You Will
A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.
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Sejanus: His Fall
By Ben JonsonA gripping historical tragedy, set in the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, about a man ruthlessly working his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.
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The Father
By August Strindberg Adapted by Mike PoultonStrindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Orestes: 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£7.19Ibsen: Three Plays
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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£7.99£6.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£7.99£6.39Richard III (West End edition)
By William Shakespeare Edited by Jamie LloydJamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.
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By August Strindberg Translated by Howard BrentonPassionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, a wickedly enjoyable black comedy that Strindberg considered his masterpiece.
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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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Wilde: Four Plays
By Oscar WildeAll four of Oscar Wilde's famous plays in one volume, with an introduction by Emma French.
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£6.99£5.59
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishAn English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£5.99£4.79Add to basketEbook£5.99£4.79Faust Parts 1 & 2
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Translated by John CliffordA fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.
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£5.99£4.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£5.99£4.79The Servant of Two Masters
By Carlo Goldoni Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£5.99£4.79Add to basketEbook£5.99£4.79Fuente Ovejuna
By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence BoswellA masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Spring Awakening
Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.
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