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.
The Miser
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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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Misanthrope
By Molière Translated by Stephen MulrineMolière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99Medea
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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£4.99£3.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Marriage of Figaro
By Pierre Beaumarchais Translated by Stephen MulrineA classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. 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.
The Man of Mode
The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.99£3.99
Lysistrata
By Aristophanes Translated by Patric DickinsonThe ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
London Assurance
A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderón Translated by John CliffordA masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.
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£4.50£3.60Add to basketEbook£4.99£3.99The Learned Ladies
By Molière Translated by A.R. WallerMolière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£4.50£3.60There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Lady Windermere's Fan
By Oscar WildeA biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Lady From the Sea
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishOne of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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£3.99£3.19
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