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The Learned Ladies

The Learned Ladies

By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller

Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Lysistrata

Lysistrata

By Aristophanes Translated by Patric Dickinson

The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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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.

Smelling a Rat

Smelling a Rat

By Mike Leigh

A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Recruiting Officer

The Recruiting Officer

By George Farquhar

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.

East is East

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

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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Disco Pigs

Disco Pigs

By Enda Walsh

Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
    King Ubu

    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

      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
        Slave Ubu

        Slave Ubu

        By Alfred Jarry

        The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

        Published in volume Ubu

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