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Nick Hern Books

NHB Classic Plays

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

By John Ford

A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Ubu

Ubu

The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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Volpone

Volpone

By Ben Jonson

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.

The Way of the World

The Way of the World

By William Congreve

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

A Woman of No Importance

By Oscar Wilde

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.

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Women Beware Women

Women Beware Women

By Thomas Middleton

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

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.

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

The Seagull

The Seagull

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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Antigone

Antigone

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

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Bacchae

Bacchae

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

Medea

Medea

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

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

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.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

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

The Country Wife

The Country Wife

By William Wycherley

A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.

The Rover

The Rover

By Aphra Behn

A 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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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

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

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