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.
Phedra
Racine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.
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£4.50£3.60There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Playboy of the Western World
J.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99
The Recruiting Officer
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.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Revenger's Tragedy
A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99
The Rivals
One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£4.50£3.60There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Rosmersholm
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen'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.
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£3.99£3.19Add to basketEbook£3.99£3.19The Rover
By Aphra BehnA classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£4.99£3.99Scapino
By Molière Translated by Jeremy SamsA superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The School for Scandal
A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineChekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Servant of Two Masters
By Carlo Goldoni Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
- Paperback
£5.99£4.79Add to basketEbook£5.99£4.79She Stoops to Conquer
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.
- Paperback
£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
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