Classic Drama (pre-1945)
See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.
Lulu
The 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.
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Luise Miller
A masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal.
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Love in Idleness/Less Than Kind
The third in Terence Rattigan's unofficial trilogy of war plays, published alongside an earlier version of the play, Less Than Kind, never staged during Rattigan's lifetime.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Long Day's Journey into Night
A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
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£9.99£7.99
London Assurance
A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
Little Eyolf
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard EyreIbsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Liolà
By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi PirandelloA funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)
By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.
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Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón Translated by John CliffordA masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.
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£4.50£3.60Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Les Parents Terribles
By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy SamsJean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.
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The Learned Ladies
By Molière Translated by A.R. WallerMolière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The League of Youth
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy BarrettIbsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.
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£9.99£7.99
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