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The Guid Sisters

The Guid Sisters

By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman

Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps. She invites her female friends and relations to a party to paste the stamps into the books. The temptation to pilfer the stamps is irresistible and an enormous fight breaks out.

Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
    Hecuba

    Hecuba

    By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald

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

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    Hedda

    Hedda

    By Lucy Kirkwood Original author Henrik Ibsen

    A startling new version of Hedda Gabler, relocating Ibsen's nineteenth-century heroine to London in 2008.

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    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.

    Hedda Gabler

    Hedda Gabler

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Hedda Gabler

    Hedda Gabler (Abbey Theatre version)

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mark O'Rowe

    A fluid yet faithful adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece.

    The House

    The House

    By Arzé Khodr Translated by Khalid Laith

    A play from Lebanon, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

    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.

    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 Illusion

    The Illusion

    By Pierre Corneille Adapted by Tony Kushner

    An enchanting argument for the power of theatrical imagination over reality, The Illusion weaves obsession and caprice, romance and murder, fact and fiction, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion of all – love.

    An Italian Straw Hat

    An Italian Straw Hat

    By Eugène Labiche Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    A classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Ivanov

    Ivanov

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Ivanov

    Ivanov

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    Chekhov's character study of a man undone by his own spiritual malaise, in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

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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 (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 (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.

    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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