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NHB Classic Plays

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A Tragic Figure

A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

    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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    Uncle Vanya

    Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

    Uncle Vanya

    Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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    Volpone

    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.

    Wallenstein

    Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.

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    The Way of the World

    A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Wedding

    A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

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      The White Devil (RSC version)

      A violent tragedy, regarded as one of the great works of Jacobean theatre. Features the text edited for the 2014 RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team.

      The White Devil

      The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

      By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

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

      The Wild Duck

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Wilde: Four Plays

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

      The Winter's Tale (Plays at the Garrick edition)

      The official tie-in edition to the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's 2015 production, starring Judi Dench. Featuring exclusive additional content.

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      The Winter's Tale

      An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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      The Wise Woman of Hoxton

      A city comedy complete with cross-dressing and disguise, dating from around 1605.

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      The Witch of Edmonton

      Dekker, Ford and Rowley's remarkable play, published here in an RSC Prompt Book edition with introductions by key members of the creative team behind the RSC revival in 2014.

      The Witches of Lancashire

      A sensational dramatisation of the seventeenth-century witch trials, first performed at the original Globe Theatre in 1634.

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