Plays to perform

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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The Bear

The Bear

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    Bartholomew Fair

    Bartholomew Fair

    By Ben Jonson

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

    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play that offers the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

    Arden of Faversham

    Arden of Faversham

    A domestic tragedy about a woman plotting to have her husband murdered, Arden of Faversham was first published in 1592. Its authorship is unknown, although suggestions include Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.

    The Antipodes

    The Antipodes

    By Richard Brome

    An ingenious satirical comedy, often considered playwright Richard Brome's masterpiece and one of the greatest comedies of the Caroline era, presenting a farcically topsy-turvey view of London in the 1630s.

    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    By Eugene O'Neill

    Eugene O’Neill’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness.

    All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the authoritative and accessible Shakespeare Folios series.

    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

    Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
      All for Love

      All for Love

      By John Dryden

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

      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.

      Ah! Wilderness

      Ah! Wilderness

      By Eugene O'Neill

      An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. A family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War.

      After the Dance

      After the Dance

      By Terence Rattigan

      Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.

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