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Jordan

Jordan

By Anna Reynolds With Moira Buffini

A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

Published in volume Singular Female Voices
    generations

    generations

    By debbie tucker green

    A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

    Published in volume trade & generations: two plays
      The Mirror and the Light (stage version)

      The Mirror and the Light (stage version)

      By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles

      The final part of Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, adapted by the author with the actor Ben Miles and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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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).

      The Jew of Malta

      The Jew of Malta

      By Christopher Marlowe

      Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The White Devil

      The White Devil

      By John Webster

      The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Andromache

      Andromache

      By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

      The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector. In the Drama Classics series.

      The Wild Duck

      The Wild Duck

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Women of Troy

      Women of Troy

      By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Euripides' great tragedy, covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Electra

      Electra

      By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

      Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

       

      Hecuba

      Hecuba

      By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald

      An English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Rosmersholm

      Rosmersholm

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Phedra

      Phedra

      By Jean Racine Translated by Julie Rose

      Racine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.

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      Yerma

      Yerma

      By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

      Lorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      A Woman Killed with Kindness

      A Woman Killed with Kindness

      By Thomas Heywood Edited by Trevor Griffiths

      A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Spring Awakening

      Spring Awakening

      By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

      Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

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      Medea

      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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      'Tis Pity She's a Whore

      'Tis Pity She's a Whore

      By John Ford

      A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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