NHB Classic Plays

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

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

Jamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.

Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, a wickedly enjoyable black comedy that Strindberg considered his masterpiece.

An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, 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.

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.