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NHB Classic Plays

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Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.

Liolà

Liolà

By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi Pirandello

A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.

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Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

Les Parents Terribles

Les Parents Terribles

By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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The League of Youth

The League of Youth

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett

Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan

By Oscar Wilde

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

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The Lady from the Sea

The Lady from the Sea

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor Cook

Ibsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.

King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

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    Judgement Day

    Judgement Day

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

    An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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    John Gabriel Borkman

    John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

    A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

    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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    An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

    By Oscar Wilde

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

    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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    The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    By Federico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro

    García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

    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.

    Hedda Gabler

    Hedda Gabler (Almeida Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

    Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her.

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