Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
The Lady From the Sea
One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Rosmersholm
Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19Add to basketEbook£3.99£3.19The Wild Duck
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen MulrineIbsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen MulrineGorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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By John GayJohn Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera, often regarded as the world's first ever musical.
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A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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Ivanov
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.50£3.60Add to basketEbook£4.50£3.60The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin CounsellAn intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.50£3.60Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99An Enemy of the People
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen MulrineIbsen'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.
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By Thomas Heywood Edited by Trevor GriffithsA 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.
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Phedra
By Jean Racine Translated by Julie RoseRacine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.
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The Rivals
One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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