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The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    Desire Under the Elms

    Desire Under the Elms

    By Eugene O'Neill

    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.

    Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
      Reader

      Reader

      By Ariel Dorfman

      A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

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      The Machine Wreckers

      The Machine Wreckers

      By Ernst Toller Translated by Ashley Dukes

      A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright.

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      Faust: Parts I & II

      Faust: Parts I & II

      By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

      A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

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      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      By Tony Kushner

      A collection of essays, poems, a prayer and a play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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      Hedda Gabler

      Hedda Gabler

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

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

      Waiting Room Germany

      Waiting Room Germany

      By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

      A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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      Stanley

      Stanley

      By Pam Gems

      A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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      The Thickness of Skin

      The Thickness of Skin

      By Clare McIntyre

      An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

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      According to Hoyle

      According to Hoyle

      By William Gaminara

      A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

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      Death and the Maiden

      Death and the Maiden

      By Ariel Dorfman

      A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

      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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      Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

      Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

      By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

      A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

      Drinks Before Dinner

      Drinks Before Dinner

      By E.L. Doctorow

      A theatrical tour-de-force of language and ideas about Eighties' America, by the best-selling author of Billy Bathgate and Ragtime.

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      Beauty and the Beast

      Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)

      By Laurence Boswell

      A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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      Ballad of Yachiyo

      Ballad of Yachiyo

      By Philip Kan Gotanda

      A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century.

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      Widows

      Widows

      By Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner

      A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

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