NHB Classic Plays

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

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

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

Nicholas Wright's version of Chekhov's masterpiece, in which four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater following the death of their father.

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

Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

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

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

A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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.