Classic Drama (pre-1945)

A tragicomedy full of courtly intrigue, betrayal and jealousy. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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

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

A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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.

A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

Pirandello's most famous play, about the nature of theatre and the problems of theatricality. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An irreverent and hugely entertaining 'sequel' to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.

Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.