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NHB Classic Plays

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An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

By Eugene O'Neill

A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

By Eugene O'Neill

An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

    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.

    Machinal

    Machinal

    By Sophie Treadwell

    A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.

    A Touch of the Poet

    A Touch of the Poet

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A powerful play tracking the Yankee experience from innocence to corruption, from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

    Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
      The Hairy Ape

      The Hairy Ape

      By Eugene O'Neill

      A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.

      Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
        Three Sisters

        Three Sisters

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

        Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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        Medea

        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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        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.

        Les Parents Terribles

        Les Parents Terribles

        By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

        Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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