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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama

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

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Naked

Naked

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Pirandello'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

Flight

By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron Hutchinson

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

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Bartholomew Fair

Bartholomew Fair

By Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World

By J.M. Synge

J.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.

Ubu

Ubu

The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Alfred 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

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred 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.

Published in volume Ubu
    Cuckold Ubu

    Cuckold Ubu

    By Alfred Jarry

    A 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.

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      Slave Ubu

      Slave Ubu

      By Alfred Jarry

      The 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

        The Seagull

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

        Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

        The Spanish Tragedy

        The Spanish Tragedy

        By Thomas Kyd

        A ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Master Builder

        The Master Builder

        By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

        Ibsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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        Don Juan

        Don Juan

        By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

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

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        The Recruiting Officer

        The Recruiting Officer

        By George Farquhar

        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.

        The Government Inspector

        The Government Inspector

        By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

        A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Revenger's Tragedy

        The Revenger's Tragedy

        By Cyril Tourneur

        A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Alchemist

        The Alchemist

        By Ben Jonson

        Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        Doctor Faustus

        Doctor Faustus

        By Christopher Marlowe

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

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        Lysistrata

        Lysistrata

        By Aristophanes Translated by Patric Dickinson

        The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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