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Classic Drama

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

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The Enchantment

The Enchantment

By Victoria Benedictsson Adapted by Clare Bayley

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

By Eugene O'Neill

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
    Emperor and Galilean

    Emperor and Galilean

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

    Electra

    Electra

    By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

    Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

     

    Electra

    Electra

    By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

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

    Edward III

    Edward III

    By William Shakespeare

    Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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    Edward II

    Edward II

    By Christopher Marlowe

    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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    Eastward Ho!

    Eastward Ho!

    By Ben Jonson, John Marston and George Chapman

    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.

    The Duchess of Malfi

    The Duchess of Malfi

    By John Webster

    The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    A Dream Play

    A Dream Play

    By August Strindberg Adapted by Caryl Churchill

    Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

    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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    Don Carlos

    Don Carlos

    By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

    Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton Wilder

    Thornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.

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    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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    The Devil's Charter

    The Devil's Charter

    By Barnabe Barnes

    A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.

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    The Devil is an Ass

    The Devil is an Ass

    By Ben Jonson

    Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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    Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

    Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

    By Eugene O'Neill

    Two plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, developed and conceived in tandem, drawing on the raw experience of the author's own family relationships.

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