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NHB Classic Plays

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The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death

By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPherson

A visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.

Dances of Death

Dances of Death

By Howard Brenton Original author August Strindberg

A gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.

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
    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

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

    Don Carlos

    Don Carlos

    By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

    Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

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    A Dream Play

    A Dream Play

    By August Strindberg Adapted by Caryl Churchill

    Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

    Emperor and Galilean

    Emperor and Galilean

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

    Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
      The Enchantment

      The Enchantment

      By Victoria Benedictsson Adapted by Clare Bayley

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

      An Enemy of the People

      An Enemy of the People

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Arthur Miller

      Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

      An Enemy of the People

      An Enemy of the People

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer

      Ibsen's provocative play about truth in a society driven by power and money, given a startling contemporary spin in Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer's acclaimed version, here in an English translation by Duncan Macmillan.

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      Exiles

      Exiles

      By James Joyce

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

      The Father

      The Father

      By August Strindberg Adapted by Mike Poulton

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

      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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      Flight

      Flight

      By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron Hutchinson

      A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

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      French Without Tears

      French Without Tears

      By Terence Rattigan

      A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

      French Without Tears

      French Without Tears (2015 edition)

      By Terence Rattigan

      Terence Rattigan’s sparkling comedy about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions, French Without Tears ran for over a thousand performances in the 1930s and remains a delight today.

      Ghosts

      Ghosts

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Richard Eyre's version of Ibsen's Ghosts is a fresh and vivid depiction of a woman who yearns for emotional and sexual freedom, but who is too timid to achieve it.

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