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NHB Classic Plays

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Naked

Naked

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Pirandello's ingenious detective story about a young woman who is hounded by the press after the death of a child in her care..

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King Ubu

King Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Cuckold Ubu

    Cuckold Ubu

    By Alfred Jarry

    A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

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      Slave Ubu

      Slave Ubu

      By Alfred Jarry

      The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

      Published in volume Ubu
        The Seagull

        The Seagull

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

        Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

        Woyzeck

        Woyzeck

        By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

        One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        John Gabriel Borkman

        John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

        By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

        Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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        The White Devil

        The White Devil

        By John Webster

        The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        Mary Stuart

        Mary Stuart

        By Friedrich Schiller Translated by Jeremy Sams

        Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.

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        Hedda Gabler

        Hedda Gabler

        By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

        An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        The Way of the World

        The Way of the World

        By William Congreve

        A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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        Faust: Parts I & II

        Faust: Parts I & II

        By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

        A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

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