Drama Classics series

One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.

Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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.

Strindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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.

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.