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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 2

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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Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)
Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)
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Faust: First Part (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust: First Part (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
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The Seagull (Anton Chekhov)
The Seagull (Anton Chekhov)
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Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
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The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
46
Medea (Euripides)
Medea (Euripides)
47
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences (August Wilson)
48
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brech)
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brech)
49
The Miracle Worker (William Gibson)
The Miracle Worker (William Gibson)
50
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
51
West Side Story (A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim)
West Side Story (A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim)
52
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
53
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
54
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
55
A View From the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A View From the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
56
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
57
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
58
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts (Michael Frayn)
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts (Michael Frayn)
59
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
60
Caligula (Albert Camus)
Caligula (Albert Camus)
61
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
62
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
63
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
64
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
65
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
66
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
67
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
68
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
69
Phèdre (Jean Racine)
Phèdre (Jean Racine)
70
The Playboy of the Western World (J.M. Synge)
The Playboy of the Western World (J.M. Synge)
71
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
72
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
73
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
74
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond)
75
Frogs (Aristophanes)
Frogs (Aristophanes)
76
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
77
The Children's Hour (Lillian Hellman)
The Children's Hour (Lillian Hellman)
78
An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen)
An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen)
79
The Pirates of Penzance (W.S. Gilbert)
The Pirates of Penzance (W.S. Gilbert)
80
The Lion in Winter (James Goldman)
The Lion in Winter (James Goldman)
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