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.

Hedda Gabler

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Faust Parts 1 & 2

By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Translated by John Clifford

A fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.

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The Servant of Two Masters

By Carlo Goldoni Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A 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.

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Fuente Ovejuna

By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence Boswell

A masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.

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Spring Awakening

By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

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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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The Beaux Stratagem

By George Farquhar

George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses.

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Medea

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. 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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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.

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The Rover

By Aphra Behn

A 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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Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.