Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
Mary Stuart
Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.
The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by David Edgar3f 4mAn enthralling version of an unforgettable Ibsen classic.
The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish3f 4m, plus extrasIbsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Mayor of Queenborough, or Hengist, King of Kent
2f 15m plus extras, doubling possibleMiddleton's only surviving historical play, published in the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.
Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi5f 19mAn edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
Medea (Headlong version)
By Euripides Adapted by Mike Bartlett3f 4mA bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
By Anonymous6f 12m, doublingA popular comedy from the early-17th century, combining romance, magic, deer poaching and abduction from a nunnery. Part of the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi4f 18m (doubling possible)An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
The Misanthrope
By Molière Translated by Stephen Mulrine3f 10mMolière'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.
The Miser
By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell3f 10mMolière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.
Miss Julie
By August Strindberg Translated by Kenneth McLeish2f 1m, plus extrasStrindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Mourning Becomes Electra
5f 7mA trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey