A pivotal work of European culture, with a character that has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso.

The story of revenge by the half-man, half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

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.

A classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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.

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

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

A fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece.

A play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.