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NHB Classic Plays

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (Plays at the Garrick edition)

By William Shakespeare Edited by Kenneth Branagh

Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale of forbidden love, brought to life in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh.

Rosmersholm

Rosmersholm

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece.

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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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Salome

Salome

By Oscar Wilde

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

Seagull

Seagull

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley

A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

The Seagull

The Seagull

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

Sejanus: His Fall

Sejanus: His Fall

By Ben Jonson

A gripping historical tragedy, set in the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, about a man ruthlessly working his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.

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Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Spring Awakening

    Spring Awakening

    By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

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

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    Strange Interlude

    Strange Interlude

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

    Swansong

    Swansong

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      Thomas More

      Thomas More

      By Anthony Munday, William Shakespeare and Henry Chettle

      The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

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      Three Sisters

      Three Sisters

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Nicholas Wright

      Nicholas Wright's version of Chekhov's masterpiece, in which four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater following the death of their father.

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      Three Sisters

      Three Sisters

      By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Cordelia Lynn

      Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

      Three Sisters

      Three Sisters

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

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      Thyestes

      Thyestes

      By Seneca Translated by Caryl Churchill

      Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

      '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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      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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