NHB Classic Plays

Euripides' great tragedy, covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Lorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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

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

A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.

A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.