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Nick Hern Books

Classic Drama

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

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Ivanov

Ivanov

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Chekhov's character study of a man undone by his own spiritual malaise, in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

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The Jew of Malta

The Jew of Malta

By Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

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John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

Judgement Day

Judgement Day

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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King Lear

King Lear

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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King Leir

King Leir

By Anonymous

An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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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.

Published in volume Ubu
    The Knight of the Burning Pestle

    The Knight of the Burning Pestle

    By Francis Beaumont

    A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Stephen Unwin and Peter Zombory-Moldovan

    Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.

    The Lady From the Sea

    The Lady From the Sea

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Lady from the Sea

    The Lady from the Sea

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor Cook

    Ibsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    By Oscar Wilde

    A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The League of Youth

    The League of Youth

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett

    Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

    The Learned Ladies

    The Learned Ladies

    By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller

    Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Les Parents Terribles

    Les Parents Terribles

    By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

    Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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