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Classic Drama

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

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The Seagull

The Seagull

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

The Spanish Tragedy

The Spanish Tragedy

By Thomas Kyd

A ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Ubu

Ubu

The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

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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.

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      Slave Ubu

      Slave Ubu

      By Alfred Jarry

      The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

      Published in volume Ubu
        The Playboy of the Western World

        The Playboy of the Western World

        By J.M. Synge

        J.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.

        Bartholomew Fair

        Bartholomew Fair

        By Ben Jonson

        Ben Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        Naked

        Naked

        By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

        Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..

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        Flight

        Flight

        By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron Hutchinson

        A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

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        The Honest Whore

        The Honest Whore

        By Thomas Dekker

        A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

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        Life is a Dream

        Life is a Dream

        By Pedro Calderón Translated by John Clifford

        A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

        A Mad World, My Masters

        A Mad World, My Masters

        By Thomas Middleton

        A masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.

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        Bacchae

        Bacchae

        By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

        The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

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        All for Love

        All for Love

        By John Dryden

        Dryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.

        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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        The Cherry Orchard

        The Cherry Orchard

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

        The School for Scandal

        The School for Scandal

        By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

        A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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