Classic Drama

Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.

Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

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

A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Molière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

García Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.

A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights - a sparkling 18th-century comedy of manners. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

A 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.

A consummate romantic comedy that dramatises the battle of the sexes with a dazzling display of Shakespeare's wit and wordplay.

All four of Oscar Wilde's famous plays in one volume, with an introduction by Emma French.

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.