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Cuckold Ubu

Cuckold Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Slave Ubu

    Slave Ubu

    By Alfred Jarry

    The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

    Published in volume Ubu
      The Wedding

      The Wedding

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
        Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

        Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

        By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

        A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

        Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
          Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

          Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

          By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon

          A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

          Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
            Bleeding Heart

            Bleeding Heart

            By Antonio Onetti Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

            A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

            Uncle Vanya

            Uncle Vanya

            By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

            Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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            The Wild Duck

            The Wild Duck

            By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

            Rosmersholm

            Rosmersholm

            By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

            Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

            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).

            The Lady From the Sea

            The Lady From the Sea

            By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

            One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

            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.

            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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            A Flea in Her Ear

            A Flea in Her Ear

            By Georges Feydeau Translated by Kenneth McLeish

            A classic French farce of infidelity and mistaken identity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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            Don Juan

            Don Juan

            By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

            Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

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            Children of the Sun

            Children of the Sun

            By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

            A Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.

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            Andromache

            Andromache

            By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

            The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector. In the Drama Classics series.

            Lysistrata

            Lysistrata

            By Aristophanes Translated by Patric Dickinson

            The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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