Plays to perform

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    By Eugene O'Neill

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

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Bartholomew Fair

    Bartholomew Fair

    By Ben Jonson

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

    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

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