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Classic Drama

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

Showing 19-36 of 262 items.

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.

Julius Caesar

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

A New Way to Please You (or The Old Law)

A 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.

    Desire 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.

      The 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.

        The Hairy Ape

        A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.

          All God's Chillun Got Wings

          An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

            The Bear

            A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

            Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

              The Proposal

              A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

              Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                A Tragic Figure

                A 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: Shorts

                  On the Evils of Tobacco

                  A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

                  Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts