Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
Little Eyolf
Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.
London Assurance
3f 13mA classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Long Day's Journey into Night
2f 3mA true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
Luise Miller
By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton3f 7mA masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal.
Lulu
By Frank Wedekind Adapted by Nicholas Wright7f 11mThe first version of Wedekind's celebrated erotic masterpiece to be based on the author's original text, restoring the clarity, the daring and the sexual explicitness of a modern masterpiece written a hundred years before its time.
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi10f 25mAn edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
Machinal
5-10f 7-14m (larger cast possible)A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.
A Mad World, My Masters
3f 14m plus extras, doubling possibleA masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.
The Malcontent
By John Marston5f 12mA tragicomedy full of courtly intrigue, betrayal and jealousy. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.
The Man of Mode
9f 13m plus extras (doubling possible)The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Mandate
By Nikolai Erdman Adapted by Declan Donnellan6f 10m with doublingA chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.
The Marriage of Figaro
By Pierre Beaumarchais Translated by Stephen Mulrine4f 10m, plus extrasA classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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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