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The Rivals

The Rivals

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Medea

Medea

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

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

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The Hypochondriac

The Hypochondriac

By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Jew of Malta

The Jew of Malta

By Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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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A Doll's House

A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

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

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 Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss (stage version)

By George Eliot Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A re-invention of George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate.

The Clearing

The Clearing

By Helen Edmundson

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

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The Crack in the Emerald

The Crack in the Emerald

New Irish Plays

Edited by David Grant

Four Irish plays from the late 1980s, selected and introduced by David Grant of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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Low in the Dark

Low in the Dark

By Marina Carr

A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
    Misogynist

    Misogynist

    By Michael Harding

    A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).

    Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
      The Hamster Wheel

      The Hamster Wheel

      By Marie Jones

      When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

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        The Lament for Arthur Cleary

        The Lament for Arthur Cleary

        By Dermot Bolger

        Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

        Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
          Conversations With Pinter

          Conversations With Pinter

          By Mel Gussow

          Detailed interviews with the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, conducted over twenty years from 1971-1993 by the Drama Critic of the New York Times.

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          Berlin Bertie

          Berlin Bertie

          By Howard Brenton

          An intimate and at times savagely funny psychological study of two sisters, one of who has made her home in East Berlin and one who has stayed on in their native London.

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          Volpone

          Volpone

          By Ben Jonson

          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.

          Masterclass: Men

          Masterclass: Men

          The Actor's Audition Manual

          By Dean Carey

          An extensive guide to acting, followed by close to a hundred audition pieces chosen from the whole of world drama.

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