Two linked plays from the Russian playwright dubbed the 'female Chekhov', depicting the grim reality of domestic life in Soviet Russia.

A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.

The best known - and longest - of Harley Granville Barker's celebrated Prefaces to Shakespeare: some of the best practical guides to Shakespeare's work yet written. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

A bawdy, fast-paced, raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre.

A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.

A fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural complexities of Castro's Cuba.

An offbeat, lyrical drama about how our hopes and dreams can be thwarted by the choices we make - and by the ones we don't make.

Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

Shocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.

A comprehensive instruction manual, full of practical exercises, which starts with overhauling our attitude to our voice.

A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.

Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the authoritative and accessible Shakespeare Folios series.

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.