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An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen; Arthur Miller (Translator, Adapted by)
Category: Classics | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. Dr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to establish itself as a spa. When his brother conspires with local politicians and the newspaper to suppress the story, Stockmann appeals to a public me ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
This translation of Rostand's 19th-century play about the swordsman-poet with a nose too large to be taken seriously was first seen in the 1985 RSC production. This volume contains the full original text, slightly adapted and translated into verse by Burgess, who also writes the introduction.
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
Category: Dictionaries | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
A major rediscovery of a forgotten woman playwright of the twenties, Machinal is a powerful expressionist play about the status of women in an increasingly mechanized society, and the torture of a loveless marriage.
Uncle Vanya by Conor McPherson (Adapted by); Anton Chekhov
Category: Classics | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally by the only local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya's father, Professor Serebryakov, suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife, declaring his intention ...Show more
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