An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.

A gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

Gorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

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

A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.

A fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.

Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.

A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Molière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

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

Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

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

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.