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The Machine Wreckers

The Machine Wreckers

By Ernst Toller Translated by Ashley Dukes

A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

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Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

By Eugene O'Neill

A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    The Great God Brown

    The Great God Brown

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

    Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
      French Without Tears

      French Without Tears

      By Terence Rattigan

      A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

      Volpone

      Volpone

      By Ben Jonson

      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.

      Les Parents Terribles

      Les Parents Terribles

      By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

      Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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      Three Sisters

      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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      Medea

      Medea

      By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

      The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      A Doll's House

      A Doll's House

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

      A Touch of the Poet

      A Touch of the Poet

      By Eugene O'Neill

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

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      All God's Chillun Got Wings

      All God's Chillun Got Wings

      By Eugene O'Neill

      An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

      Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings

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