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The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape

By Eugene O'Neill

A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.

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

      The Rivals

      By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

      One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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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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      The Hypochondriac

      The Hypochondriac

      By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

      Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The Jew of Malta

      The Jew of Malta

      By Christopher Marlowe

      Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      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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      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.

      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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      The Mill on the Floss

      The Mill on the Floss (stage version)

      By George Eliot Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A re-invention of George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate.

      The Clearing

      The Clearing

      By Helen Edmundson

      A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

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      Low in the Dark

      Low in the Dark

      By Marina Carr

      A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

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        13–18 May 2024
        Wharf Theatre, Devizes