Harper Perennial / Drama

The Skin of Our Teeth

by Thornton Wilder – Harper Perennial (February 25, 2014)

A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this edition of The Skin of Our Teeth features Thornton Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary...

Our Town

by Thornton Wilder – Harper Perennial (March 18, 2014)

This beautiful new edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.

Our Town was...

Philoktetes

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Philoketes is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation...

Antigone

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Antigone is one of the seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation...

Oedipus at Kolonos

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus at Kolonos is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new...

Oedipus the King

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus the King is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation...

Elektra

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Elektra is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation...

Women of Trakhis

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Women of Trakhis is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation...

Aias

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (August 07, 2012)

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Aias is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by...

The Matchmaker

by Thornton Wilder – Harper Perennial (May 09, 2017)

“Loud, slap dash and uproarious...extraordinarily original and funny."—New York Times

Now, for the first time in a standalone edition, Thornton Wilder's brilliant, hilarious play which was adapted into the...

The Oedipus Cycle

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (February 28, 2012)

Award-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone—together known as The Oedipus Cycle. One of the unquestionable...

The Complete Plays of Sophocles: A New Translation

by Sophocles – Harper Perennial (July 26, 2011)

Award-winningpoet-playwrights Robert Bagg and James Scully presenta gripping new translation of Western literature’s earliest treasures in TheComplete Plays of Sophocles. In the tradition of Robert Fagles’bestselling...