Classic Drama (pre-1945)

Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her.

Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

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

Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.

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

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

An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

A rich and poetic play set during the Russian Civil War, by the author of The Master and Margarita.

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.