NHB Classic Plays
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu
By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeishAlfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.
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By Ben JonsonVolpone 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.
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The Way of the World
A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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A Woman of No Importance
By Oscar WildeOscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Women Beware Women
A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory MottonOne 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.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The House of Bernarda Alba
By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo CliffordLorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Cherry Orchard
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
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By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonaldThe first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.
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The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Medea
The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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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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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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A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Rover
By Aphra BehnA classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Oscar WildeOscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.
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