Drama Classics series
The world's great plays at a great little price
Each pocket-sized volume contains:
- a full introduction
- an author biography
- notes on historical and theatrical context
- a plot synopsis
- key dates
- a further reading list
- a glossary of unusual words and phrases (English-language texts)
The texts are presented uncut (with the exception of Faust, which is adapted for staging in a single evening) and uncluttered with footnotes; the translations are accurate and actable.
See also Drama Classic Collections.
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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All for Love
By John DrydenDryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.
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Andromache
The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector. In the 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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Bacchae
The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.
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Bartholomew Fair
By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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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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The Beggar's Opera
By John GayJohn Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera, often regarded as the world's first ever musical.
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Blood Wedding
By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordGarcía Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.
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Celestina
By Fernando de Rojas Translated by John CliffordA pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.
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The Changeling
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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A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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Children of the Sun
By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineA Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.
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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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Cuckold Ubu
By Alfred JarryA 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.
Published in volume Ubu
The Dance of Death
By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen MulrineStrindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.
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The Devil is an Ass
By Ben JonsonBen Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.
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Doctor Faustus
The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.
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A Doll's House
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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Don Juan
By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeishMolière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.
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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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Edward II
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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Electra
Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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