Plays Selected for 2024-2025
Set book
Henrik Ibsen: Four Major Plays (A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder) (Oxford World Classics)
Winter Term, 2024
10th October - Sophocles: Oedipus the King - see Oedipus the King - script
A top-quality printed copy with copious explanatory notes on facing pages is in the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series - currently available very cheaply secondhand - see Oedipus the King from wob.com
14th November - Ibsen: A Doll's House - Play taken from our book.
12th December - Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of an Author - see Six Characters - script
Spring term, 2025
9th January - Shakespeare: Othello - see Othello - library copies (via the Cambridgeshire Libraries Service)
13th February - Ibsen: Ghosts - Play taken from our book.
13th March - Sophocles: Antigone - see Antigone - script
A top-quality printed copy with copious explanatory notes on facing pages is in the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series - currently available very cheaply secondhand - see Antigone from wob.com
10th April - Wedekind: The Awakening of Spring - see The Awakening of Spring - script
For many more resources see World Drama: Useful links for 2024-2025.
Outline schedule for book purchases for future years
1. Chekhov: Five plays (2026-2027)
2. Lorca: Four Major Plays (2028-2029)
3. Ibsen: An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm (2029-2030)
3. Strindberg: Miss Julie and Other Plays (2030-2031)