A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.

The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. 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.

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

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

Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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

A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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.

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

Lorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.