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100 Essential Plays to Read - Page 2

A list of 100 great plays to read. There are more than 100 great plays out there, but this is a good start, especially from a historical perpsective.
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The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
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The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Martin Mcdonagh)
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin Mcdonagh
43
Life Is a Dream
Life Is a Dream
44
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
45
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
46
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
47
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
48
Lost in Yonkers (Neil Simon)
Lost in Yonkers
Neil Simon
49
Lysistrata
Lysistrata
50
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
David Henry Hwang
51
MacBeth
MacBeth
52
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
53
Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade
54
Master Harold...And the Boys
Master Harold...And the Boys
55
Medea
Medea
56
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
57
The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
58
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope
59
The Miser
The Miser
60
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
61
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children
62
The Norman Conquests (Alan Ayckbourn)
The Norman Conquests
Alan Ayckbourn
63
The Odd Couple (Neil Simon)
The Odd Couple
Neil Simon
64
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
65
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy
Aeschylus
66
Othello
Othello
67
Our Town: A Play
Our Town: A Play
68
Phedre
Phedre
69
The Piano Lesson (August Wilson)
The Piano Lesson
August Wilson
70
Picnic
Picnic
71
The Pillowman (Martin Mcdonagh)
The Pillowman
Martin Mcdonagh
72
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
73
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
74
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
Tom Stoppard
75
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
Eugene Ionesco
76
Richard III
Richard III
77
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
78
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
79
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
80
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
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