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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 (William Shakespeare)
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
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Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone (Sophocles)
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A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
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The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
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Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
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Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
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Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
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The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
21
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
22
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
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Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
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The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
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Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
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Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
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The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope (Molière)
29
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
30
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
31
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
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Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)
Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)
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Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
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No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
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Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe (Molière)
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A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
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Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
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Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring)
40
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
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