Classic Drama (pre-1945)

A ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

J.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Ben Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..

A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

A masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.

Dryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.