Classic Drama

A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.

Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.

Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

A masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal.

Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

Two powerful expressionist plays from the early career of one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

The first version of Wedekind's celebrated erotic masterpiece to be based on the author's original text, restoring the clarity, the daring and the sexual explicitness of a modern masterpiece written a hundred years before its time.

A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece.

Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

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.

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

A gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.

A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.

A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team. Part of the RSC's Roaring Girls season.