NHB Classic Plays

A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

A sensational dramatisation of the seventeenth-century witch trials, first performed at the original Globe Theatre in 1634.

The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

A city comedy complete with cross-dressing and disguise, dating from around 1605.

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.