NHB Classic Plays

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

Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

James Joyce's only play, a startlingly modern portrait of a marriage.

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 gripping historical tragedy, set in the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, about a man ruthlessly working his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.

A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.

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

Schiller's great tragedy transformed by Mike Poulton into an intense and gripping historical thriller.

A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her.

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

A black comedy about a question that haunts us today - what to do about an ageing population.