Classic Drama (pre-1945)

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A Woman Killed with Kindness

By Thomas Heywood Edited by Trevor Griffiths

A 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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Luise Miller

By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

A masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal.

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Seagull

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley

A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

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The League of Youth

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett

Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

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The City Madam (RSC edition)

By Philip Massinger

A waspish city comedy attacking the vices of hypocrisy, greed, self-indulgence and social pretension.

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Cardenio

Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edited by Gregory Doran and Antonio Alamo

Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

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The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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Flare Path

By Terence Rattigan

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.

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Ivanov

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.