Classic Drama (pre-1945)

A taut and gripping adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama, premiered at the Crucible, Sheffield Theatres, in 2024.

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

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.

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.