Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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The White Devil

4f 15m

The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The White Devil (RSC version)

7f 13m 1 boy

A violent tragedy, regarded as one of the great works of Jacobean theatre. Features the text edited for the 2014 RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team.

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

5f 7m

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Wild Duck

3f 9m plus extras

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

The Winter's Tale

8f 15m, doubling (large cast 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 Wise Woman of Hoxton

6f 13m

A city comedy complete with cross-dressing and disguise, dating from around 1605.

The Witches of Lancashire

7f 15m

A sensational dramatisation of the seventeenth-century witch trials, first performed at the original Globe Theatre in 1634.

A Woman Killed with Kindness

3f 19m, doubling

A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A Woman of No Importance

7f 8m

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Women Beware Women

3f 7m

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Woyzeck

4f 13m plus extras

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.

Yerma

19f 8m plus extras

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.

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