Plays to perform

Classic Drama (pre-1945)

See also: Ancient Classic Drama; Drama Classics series.

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A Doll's House

A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

Don Carlos

Don Carlos

By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

Don Juan

Don Juan

By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

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A Dream Play

A Dream Play

By August Strindberg Adapted by Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi

By John Webster

The macabre Jacobean tragedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Eastward Ho!

Eastward Ho!

By Ben Jonson, John Marston and George Chapman

A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

Edward II

Edward II

By Christopher Marlowe

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

Edward III

Edward III

By William Shakespeare

Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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Emperor and Galilean

Emperor and Galilean

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

By Eugene O'Neill

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
    The Enchantment

    The Enchantment

    By Victoria Benedictsson Adapted by Clare Bayley

    The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

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