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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them!

Classic Greek drama to modern plays and musicals. This is an overdue update of a challenge originally published in 2014 by NKOAS (and which actually did have 100 plays on its list). Please only tick an item if you have read the play or seen a live performance (not a precursor novel or a movie version respectively).
Goodreads blurb: "The list of recommendations of the "Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time" originates from the Serious Literature Group of Goodreads", whatever that means.
Notes: I included plays that had 200+ ratings on Goodreads and 2 or more votes (not very stringent criteria but enough to eliminate many suspect entries). Regarding books with titles of the form "MainPlay and Other Plays", I only used "MainPlay" on the challenge.
I predict that purists may frown at some of the dramatic works that have made it onto this list.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
2
William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
3
Oscar Wilde
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
4
Samuel Beckett
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
5
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
6
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
7
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
8
William Shakespeare
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
9
Arthur Miller
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
10
Sophocles
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
11
Henrik Ibsen
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
12
Tennessee Williams
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
13
Tom Stoppard
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
14
Arthur Miller
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
15
Sophocles
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
16
Thornton Wilder
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
17
George Bernard Shaw
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
18
Edward Albee
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
19
William Shakespeare
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
20
Tennessee Williams
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
21
Anton Chekov
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
22
Tennessee Williams
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
23
Lorraine Hansberry
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
24
Edmond Rostand
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
25
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
26
William Shakespeare
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
27
Tony Kushner
The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope
28
Molière
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
29
William Shakespeare
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
30
Eugene O'Neill
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
31
Tom Stoppard
Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)
Amadeus
32
Peter Shaffer
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan
33
Oscar Wilde
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
34
Jean-Paul Sartre
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
35
William Shakespeare
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
36
Molière
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons
37
Robert Bolt
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
38
Christopher Marlowe
Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring)
Arsenic and Old Lace
39
Joseph Kesselring
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband
40
Oscar Wilde
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