HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

In 1935 MGM studios embarked on a movie adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The production called for the casting of many dwarfs to play the Munchkins. During production a Munchkin is said to have committed suicide. The authors present a scabrous imagining of what could, very possibly, have led to that dwarf's suicide.

Includes plays such as - "The Shadowy Waters"; "Cathleen in Houlihan"; "The Hour Glass"; "On Baile's Strabd"; "The Green Helmet"; "Deirdre"; "At the Hawk's Well"; "The Dreaming of the Bones"; "The Cat and the Moon"; "The Only Jealousy of Emer"; "Calvary"; "Sophocles' King Oedipus"; "The Resurrection"; and, "The Words Upon the Windwo-FPane".

This play is centred around the eccentric household of Captain Shotover where, at a house-party, the main topic of debate is one young woman's decision to marry for money rather than love.

Explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and the author's theory of Creative Evolution. This title intends to expose the eternal struggle between the sexes.

Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. This translation is accompanied by an introduction, with individual discussions of the plays, and their sources in history and mythology.

Features four tragedies, all of which focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred.

Dramas by the classical playwright and philosopher are accompanied by a modern work to demonstrate the Roman's impact on the development of the tragedy.