Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
The Beaux Stratagem
George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Medea
The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
By John FordA classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Rover
By Aphra BehnA classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory MottonOne of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Ubu
The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu
By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeishAlfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.
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By Thomas Middleton and William RowleyMiddleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.
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By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Volpone
By Ben JonsonVolpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.
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The Way of the World
A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Antigone
By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonaldThe first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.
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By August Strindberg Translated by Kenneth McLeishStrindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Playboy of the Western World
By J.M. SyngeJ.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.
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The Duchess of Malfi
By John WebsterThe macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar WildeOscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.
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The Country Wife
A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.
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By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.
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