NHB Classic Plays

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Judgement Day

An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The House of Bernarda Alba

Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

The Machine Gunners (stage version)

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

Dances of Death

A gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.

Liolà

By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi Pirandello

A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.

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Ghosts

Richard Eyre's version of Ibsen's Ghosts is a fresh and vivid depiction of a woman who yearns for emotional and sexual freedom, but who is too timid to achieve it.

A Tragic Figure

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

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

    The Wedding

    A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

      The Bear

      A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

        The Proposal

        A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

          Swansong

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

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

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