Classic Drama
This section contains titles labelled Classic Drama (pre-1945) and Ancient Classic Drama.
Hamlet
An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
Henry V
An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
Othello
An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
The Island Princess
A lyrical and poetic Discovery Play about Princess Quisara of the Indonesian island of Tidore, who vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother.
- Paperback
Henry IV Part I
An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
The Tamer Tamed
An irreverent and hugely entertaining 'sequel' to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
- Paperback
The Dance of Death
Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.
- PaperbackEbook
£4.99£3.99Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de SomogyiAn edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
- Paperback
A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)
By Thomas Middleton and William RowleyA black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.
- Paperback
The Emperor Jones
An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.
Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two playsDesire Under the Elms
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 BrownThe Great God Brown
A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.
Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God BrownThe Hairy Ape
A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.
Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got WingsAll God's Chillun Got Wings
An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.
Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got WingsThe Bear
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsThe Proposal
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsA Tragic Figure
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsOn the Evils of Tobacco
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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