Plays to perform

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

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.

Published in volume Ubu
    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

    The Spanish Tragedy

    The Spanish Tragedy

    By Thomas Kyd

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

    The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

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    The Recruiting Officer

    The Recruiting Officer

    By George Farquhar

    A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.

    The Government Inspector

    The Government Inspector

    By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Revenger's Tragedy

    The Revenger's Tragedy

    By Cyril Tourneur

    A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Alchemist

    The Alchemist

    By Ben Jonson

    Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Doctor Faustus

    Doctor Faustus

    By Christopher Marlowe

    The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.

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    Woyzeck

    Woyzeck

    By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

    One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Learned Ladies

    The Learned Ladies

    By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller

    Molière'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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