NHB Classic Plays

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.

Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.

The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

A thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.

An enthralling version of an unforgettable Ibsen classic.

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.

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

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.