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The most famous of the hilarious, heartbreaking comedies with which Marivaux shocked and delighted eighteenth-century Paris. A wickedly funny translation, as performed at the Royal National Theatre.

George Feydeau's comedy, translated by the talented writer John Mortimer. A farce of chaos and misunderstandings set in Paris with one unhappy and suspicious wife.

Dionysos, the God of wine and theatre has returned to his native land to take revenge on the puritanical Pentheus who refuses to recognise him of his rites. Remorselessly, savagely and with black humour, the God drives Pentheus and all the city to their shocking fate.

Frustrated at the ongoing violence of the civil war, Lysistrata decides that the women of Athens must take matters into their own hands. Against heartfelt resistance, she eventually persuades the female population that the only way to make peace is to stop making love: they will deny their husbands sex until a treaty has been signed.

Georges Feydeau, master of farce, displays all his tricks of the trade in this witty, seamless and acutely funny translation. An Absolute Turkey was a West End hit following its London premiere at the Globe Theatre in 1993.

The second in a series of Schiller plays in the acclaimed translations of Robert David MacDonald. This volume contains a popular Schiller's play, "Don Carlos" - in which the young Don Carlos is locked in a life and death struggle with his father, Philip II of Spain.

A new translation of French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac by British playwright and acclaimed transltor Ranjit Bolt. Originally opened at the Bristol Old Vic.

New adaptation of Ibsens's verse tragedy from Scottish playwright Robert David MacDonald.

A collection of two plays by prolific Spanish Golden Age playwright Lope de Vega, translated here by British playwrights Nick Drake and David Johnston

"The collection of two plays is translated by Ian Huish and Christopher Hampton. Features two modern classics: Don Juan Comes Back from the War and Figaro Gets Divorced."

An influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton's Paradise Lost.

A collection of plays from Ernst Toller, this is a translation for the stage in this unique book by Alan Raphael Pearlman

Regarded as Von Kleist's masterpiece. Prince Friedrich of Homburg is the indisputable dramatic masterpiece of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), a leading figure, along with Goethe and Schiller, among early German Romantics.

Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation was made for a BBC TV production of the "Theban Plays" in 1986.

"MacDonalddid more that anyone to rescue Schiller from British neglect" - The Guardian

A murdered King. A usurped Prince. A promise of revenge. Returning to court to find his father murdered and his mother married to the murderer, Hamlet faces a terrible dilemma. This is Shakespeare's great tragedy of passion, corruption and revenge.

Tartuffe, or The Impostor (pronounced: [taRtuf]; French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur), first performed in 1664, is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Moliere, and the characters of Tartuffe, Valere, and Dorine are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles. This is a translation for the stage by Ranjit Bolt.

Originally from Lope de Vega, one of the most prolific writers and dramatists of the Spanish Age of theatre. This version is translated by the succesful playwright Meredith Oakes and brought to life again by Oberon Books.

A big-hearted and hilarious romantic comedy which celebrates the power of love.

In a new adaptation for London's Gate Theatre, award winning British playwright Nick Payne retells the story of Sophocles Electra in a visceral and powerful new stage version.