TEMPORARY ORDER DELAYS

We’re currently experiencing temporary disruption to the availability of some titles as we move all of our books to a new warehouse, which means it may take longer than normal for your order to reach you. Click here for more information.

Nick Hern Books

Plays

Showing 109-126 of 2,150 items.
Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

By Constance Congdon

Four plays from one of America's finest playwrights, endowed with compassion, keen insight and an unfailing comic sensibility.

  • Paperback
Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

Two plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, developed and conceived in tandem, drawing on the raw experience of the author's own family relationships.

Ah! Wilderness

Ah! Wilderness

By Eugene O'Neill

An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. A family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War.

The Beaux Stratagem

The Beaux Stratagem

By George Farquhar

George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses.

Miss Julie

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.

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's undying comedy – in an edition to fit any handbag.

  • Paperback£4.99 £3.99
    There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

By Eugene O'Neill

A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    The Great God Brown

    The Great God Brown

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

    Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
      The Machine Wreckers

      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.

      • Paperback
      Reader

      Reader

      By Ariel Dorfman

      A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

      • Paperback£8.99 £7.19
        There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
      A Little Night Music

      A Little Night Music

      By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

      An utterly sophisticated and charming musical boasting such numbers as 'Send in the Clowns' and 'A Weekend in the Country'.

      • Paperback£9.99 £7.99
        There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
      Faust: Parts I & II

      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.

      • Paperback£15.99 £12.79
        There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
      • Ebook£15.99 £12.79
        Add to basket
      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      By Tony Kushner

      A collection of essays, poems, a prayer and a play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

      • Paperback£10.99 £8.79
        There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
      The Shakespeare Revue

      The Shakespeare Revue

      By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

      An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

      The Way of the World

      The Way of the World

      By William Congreve

      A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      • Paperback£4.99 £3.99
        There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
      Hedda Gabler

      Hedda Gabler

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      An English version of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Raised in Captivity

      Raised in Captivity

      By Nicky Silver

      The story of two siblings reunited at their mother's funeral.

      • Paperback
      Into the Woods

      Into the Woods

      By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

      A modern musical twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

      Top Titles

      See our top titles for actors, teachers, directors and more...