Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Oedipus
Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.
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All for Love
Dryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.
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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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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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The School for Scandal
A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Bacchae
The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.
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A Mad World, My Masters
A masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.
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Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón Translated by John CliffordA masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.
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The Honest Whore
A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.
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Naked
By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas WrightPirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..
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Flight
By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron HutchinsonA rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.
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Bartholomew Fair
By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The 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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Ubu
The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu
By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeishAlfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.
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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.
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Cuckold Ubu
By Alfred JarryA sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume Ubu
Slave Ubu
By Alfred JarryThe third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Published in volume Ubu
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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The Spanish Tragedy
By Thomas KydA ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Don Juan
By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeishMolière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.
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The Recruiting Officer
A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.
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The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Revenger's Tragedy
A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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