Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.

A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.

A classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.

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

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

The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, exploring corruption and morality, and bringing an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.

A classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.