Classic Drama

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

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Faust Parts 1 & 2

A fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.

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The Father

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

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Fantasio and other plays

Four plays by the great French Romantic poet Alfred de Musset (1810-57) in accomplished modern translations by American theatre practitioners.

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Exiles

James Joyce's only play, a startlingly modern portrait of a marriage.

An Enemy of the People

Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

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An Enemy of the People

Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

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An Enemy of the People

Ibsen's provocative play about truth in a society driven by power and money, given a startling contemporary spin in Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer's acclaimed version, here in an English translation by Duncan Macmillan.

The Enchantment

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

The Emperor Jones

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

    Emperor and Galilean

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

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    Elektra (West End edition)

    By Sophokles Translated by Anne Carson

    The timeless Greek tragedy, in a magisterial translation by award-winning poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson. Published alongside the West End production in 2025.

    Electra

    Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

     

    Electra

    A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Edward III

    Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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    Edward II

    The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

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    Eastward Ho!

    A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

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    The Duchess of Malfi

    The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    A Dream Play

    Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

    Don Juan

    Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

    Don Carlos

    Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

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    A Doll's House

    Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

    A Doll's House

    Thornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.

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    A Doll's House (Sheffield Theatres version)

    A taut and gripping adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama, premiered at the Crucible, Sheffield Theatres, in 2024.

    Doctor Faustus

    The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.

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