NHB Classic Plays

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Ghosts

Richard Eyre's version of Ibsen's Ghosts is a fresh and vivid depiction of a woman who yearns for emotional and sexual freedom, but who is too timid to achieve it.

John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

The Mandate

A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

An Enemy of the People

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

Anna Christie

Eugene O’Neill’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness.

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Cardenio

Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

Hedda Gabler (Almeida Theatre version)

Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her.

Machinal

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.

Nathan the Wise

Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

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Salome

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

Seagull

A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

The Machine Gunners (stage version)

A thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.

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