NHB Classic Plays

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Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Cordelia Lynn

Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

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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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Thomas More

By Anthony Munday, William Shakespeare and Henry Chettle

The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

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Swansong

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

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.

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Spring Awakening

By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

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

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Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu

Sejanus: His Fall

By Ben Jonson

A gripping historical tragedy, set in the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, about a man ruthlessly working his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.