Plays in translation

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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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The Machine Wreckers

By Ernst Toller Translated by Ashley Dukes

A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright.

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Miss Julie

By August Strindberg Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Strindberg's classic naturalistic play, translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The Illusion

By Pierre Corneille Adapted by Tony Kushner

An enchanting argument for the power of theatrical imagination over reality, The Illusion weaves obsession and caprice, romance and murder, fact and fiction, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion of all – love.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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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Peer Gynt

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman

A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.

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Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt

A clear, colloquial and accurate translation of Chekhov's play about the Prozorov family's dream of returning from the provinces to an idealised Moscow.