Classic Drama (pre-1945)

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Edward II

The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

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The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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The School for Scandal

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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A Mad World, My Masters

By Thomas Middleton

A masterly satire of London society at the turn of the 17th century, abounding with Middleton's craft and wit.

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Life is a Dream

By Pedro Calderón Translated by John Clifford

A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

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The Honest Whore

By Thomas Dekker

A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

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Naked

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..

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Flight

By Mikhail Bulgakov Adapted by Ron Hutchinson

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

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Bartholomew Fair

By Ben Jonson

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

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The Playboy of the Western World

By J.M. Synge

J.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu

Cuckold Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu