Nick Hern Books | Plays in translation

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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.

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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.

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The Nest

By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Conor McPherson

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

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Nathan the Wise

By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward Kemp

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

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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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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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Mistress of Desires

By Mario Vargas Llosa Translated by Sebastian Doggart

A powerful exploration of machismo and sexual desire, by Peru's most acclaimed writer.

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Miss Julie (Drama Classics)

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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Miss Julie

By August Strindberg Adapted by Howard Brenton

A brilliant adaptation of Strindberg's groundbreaking masterpiece.

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Miseryguts

By Liz Lochhead Original author Molière

A Scots version of Molière's play Le Misanthrope, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

The Miser

By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic series.

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The Misanthrope

By Molière Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Molière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.