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Classic Drama

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

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Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

By Eugene O'Neill

A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    Dances of Death

    Dances of Death

    By Howard Brenton Original author August Strindberg

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

    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

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    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPherson

    A visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

    The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

    The Custom of the Country

    The Custom of the Country

    By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

    A 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.

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    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.

    Published in volume Ubu
      Creditors

      Creditors

      By August Strindberg Translated by Howard Brenton

      Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, a wickedly enjoyable black comedy that Strindberg considered his masterpiece.

      The Country Wife

      The Country Wife

      By William Wycherley

      A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.

      The City Madam

      The City Madam (RSC edition)

      By Philip Massinger

      A waspish city comedy attacking the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension.

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      Children of the Sun

      Children of the Sun

      By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.

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      The Cherry Orchard

      The Cherry Orchard

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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      The Cherry Orchard

      The Cherry Orchard

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

      A unique edition of Chekhov's masterpiece in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

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      The Cherry Orchard

      The Cherry Orchard

      By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Stephen Karam

      A fresh take on Chekhov's classic play, by the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans.

      Chekhov: Shorts

      Chekhov: Shorts

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A collection of five of Anton Chekhov’s best-known short plays, in brand new English translations.

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      Chekhov: Four Plays

      Chekhov: Four Plays

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.

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      A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

      A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

      By Thomas Middleton

      A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.

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      The Changeling

      The Changeling

      By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

      Middleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.

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