NHB Classic Plays

Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.

A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece.

García Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.

All four of Oscar Wilde's famous plays in one volume, with an introduction by Emma French.

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

James Joyce's only play, a startlingly modern portrait of a marriage.

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.

Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece - Antigone, Bacchae and Medea - all featuring female protagonists.

Ibsen's three great 'problem plays', A Doll's House, Ghosts and Hedda Gabler, in sensitive and playable translations from the original Norwegian, along with a full introduction to the author, his times and his work.

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.