Ancient Classic Drama

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Euripides' great tragedy, covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

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

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

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