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Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites & Don Quixote

Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites & Don Quixote

Two plays

By Mikhail Bulgakov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Two plays by the acclaimed Russian author and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov, in fresh new translations by preeminent Russian translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, along with prominent playwright Richard Nelson.

Mr Kolpert

Mr Kolpert

By David Gieselmann Translated by David Tushingham

A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.

Naked

Naked

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..

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Nathan the Wise

Nathan the Wise

By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward Kemp

Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

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The Nest

The Nest

By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Conor McPherson

A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic nesting instincts.

Neva

Neva

English/Spanish billingual edition

By Guillermo Calderón Translated by Andrea Thorne

A politically charged, haunting interrogation of theatre and the revolutionary impulse.

Night of the Assassins

Night of the Assassins

By José Triana Translated by Sebastian Doggart

Three siblings plot to kill their parents in this controversial masterpiece from a major Cuban poet and playwright.

Oedipus

Oedipus

By Sophocles Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

On Insomnia and Midnight

On Insomnia and Midnight

By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

Published in volume Mexican Plays
    On the Evils of Tobacco

    On the Evils of Tobacco

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      Orchids in the Moonlight

      Orchids in the Moonlight

      By Carlos Fuentes Translated by Sebastian Doggart

      Set in Venice the day Orson Welles died, this extraordinary play by a leading Mexican writer stretches the imagination with artistic reveries and supernatural fantasies.

      The Oresteia

      The Oresteia

      By Aeschylus Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

      Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).

      Orestes: Blood and Light

      Orestes: Blood and Light

      By Helen Edmundson Original author Euripides

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

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      Peer Gynt

      Peer Gynt

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman

      A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.

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      Peer Gynt

      Peer Gynt

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Peribanez

      Peribanez

      By Lope de Vega Adapted by Tanya Ronder

      A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.

      Phedra

      Phedra

      By Jean Racine Translated by Julie Rose

      Racine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.

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      Plasticine

      Plasticine

      By Vassily Sigarev Translated by Sasha Dugdale

      An extraordinary and disturbing play about post-Communist Russia by a young Siberian-born writer.

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