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Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Orestes: Blood and Light

Orestes: Blood and Light

By Helen Edmundson Original author Euripides

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.

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The Oresteia

The Oresteia

By Aeschylus Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).

Orchids in the Moonlight

Orchids in the Moonlight

By Carlos Fuentes Translated by Sebastian Doggart

Set in Venice the day Orson Welles died, this extraordinary play by a leading Mexican writer stretches the imagination with artistic reveries and supernatural fantasies.

On the Evils of Tobacco

On the Evils of Tobacco

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    On Insomnia and Midnight

    On Insomnia and Midnight

    By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

    In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

    Published in volume Mexican Plays
      Oedipus

      Oedipus

      By Sophocles Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

      Night of the Assassins

      Night of the Assassins

      By José Triana Translated by Sebastian Doggart

      Three siblings plot to kill their parents in this controversial masterpiece from a major Cuban poet and playwright.

      The Nest

      The Nest

      By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Conor McPherson

      A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic nesting instincts.

      Nathan the Wise

      Nathan the Wise

      By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward Kemp

      Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

      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..

      Mr Kolpert

      Mr Kolpert

      By David Gieselmann Translated by David Tushingham

      A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.

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