Plays to perform

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.

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The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

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Children of the Sun

Children of the Sun

By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A Chekhovian family drama, first staged in Russia in 1905.

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The Country Wife

The Country Wife

By William Wycherley

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

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
    The Dance of Death

    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 Devil is an Ass

    The Devil is an Ass

    By Ben Jonson

    Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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    Doctor Faustus

    Doctor Faustus

    By Christopher Marlowe

    The classic story of the learned Doctor Faustus who sells his soul to the devil.

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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 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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    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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    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.

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    Electra

    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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