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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.

A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet

By Eugene O'Neill

A powerful play tracking the Yankee experience from innocence to corruption, from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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Chekhov: Four Plays

Chekhov: Four Plays

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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.

Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

By Euripides and Sophocles

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

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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

By Aphra Behn, William Congreve and William Wycherley

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

Richard III

Richard III (West End edition)

By William Shakespeare Edited by Jamie Lloyd

Jamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.

Ibsen: Three Plays

Ibsen: Three Plays

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Stephen Mulrine

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.

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Creditors

Creditors

By August Strindberg Translated by Howard Brenton

Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, a wickedly enjoyable black comedy that Strindberg considered his masterpiece.

Lorca: Three Plays

Lorca: Three Plays

By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

Three of Federico García Lorca's most famous plays in a single volume: Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba. Translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotland's finest playwrights, Jo Clifford.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing (West End edition)

By William Shakespeare Edited by Robert Hastie and Josie Rourke

A consummate romantic comedy that dramatises the battle of the sexes with a dazzling display of Shakespeare's wit and wordplay.

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Wilde: Four Plays

Wilde: Four Plays

By Oscar Wilde

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

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

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

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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