Drama Classics series
The world's great plays at a great little price
Each pocket-sized volume contains:
- a full introduction
- an author biography
- notes on historical and theatrical context
- a plot synopsis
- key dates
- a further reading list
- a glossary of unusual words and phrases (English-language texts)
The texts are presented uncut (with the exception of Faust, which is adapted for staging in a single evening) and uncluttered with footnotes; the translations are accurate and actable.
See also Drama Classic Collections.
Electra
A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
An Enemy of the People
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine2f 9mIbsen'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.
Faust Parts 1 & 2
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Translated by John Clifford5f 7m with doublingA fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.
A Flea in Her Ear
By Georges Feydeau Translated by Kenneth McLeish5f 9m doublingA classic French farce of infidelity and mistaken identity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Fuente Ovejuna
By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence Boswell4f 17m plus extrasA masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.
The Game Of Love And Chance
By Pierre Marivaux Translated by Stephen Mulrine2f 5mThe best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights - a sparkling 18th-century comedy of manners. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine2f 3mAn English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Government Inspector
By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine5f 20mA classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Hecuba
By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald6f 4m, plus chorus and extrasAn English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish3f 2mAn English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The House of Bernarda Alba
By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford10-17fLorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
