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An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

Ghetto

Ghetto

By Joshua Sobol Adapted by David Lan

The true story of the flourishing of a theatre in a wartime Jewish Ghetto.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

Manon / Sandra

Manon / Sandra

By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek

A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
    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
      Albertine in Five Times

      Albertine in Five Times

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

      A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        Three Sisters

        Three Sisters

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt

        A clear, colloquial and accurate translation of Chekhov's play about the Prozorov family's dream of returning from the provinces to an idealised Moscow.

        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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        Three Sisters

        Three Sisters

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

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        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.

        A Doll's House

        A Doll's House

        By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

        Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

        Medea

        Medea

        By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

        The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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        Les Parents Terribles

        Les Parents Terribles

        By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

        Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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        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.

        Miss Julie

        Miss Julie

        By August Strindberg Translated by Kenneth McLeish

        Strindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Machine Wreckers

        The Machine Wreckers

        By Ernst Toller Translated by Ashley Dukes

        A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright.

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        Faust: Parts I & II

        Faust: Parts I & II

        By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

        A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

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        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.

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