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.

Women Beware Women

By Thomas Middleton

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Lady Windermere's Fan

By Oscar Wilde

A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The Dance of Death

By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

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The Miser

By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.

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Electra

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Celestina

By Fernando de Rojas Translated by John Clifford

A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.

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Women of Troy

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Euripides' great tragedy, covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Electra

By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The Shoemakers' Holiday

By Thomas Dekker

A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Pirandello's most famous play, about the nature of theatre and the problems of theatricality. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

By John Ford

A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Rosmersholm

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.