NHB Classic Plays

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

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

A classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, exploring corruption and morality, and bringing an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.

A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.