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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 5

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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The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)
The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)
162
The Man Who Came to Dinner (George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart)
163
The Hairy Ape (Eugene O'Neill)
The Hairy Ape (Eugene O'Neill)
164
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
165
Harvey (Mary Chase)
Harvey (Mary Chase)
166
The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers)
The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers)
167
Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
168
The Emperor Jones (Eugene O'Neill)
The Emperor Jones (Eugene O'Neill)
169
Scorched (Wajdi Mouawad)
Scorched (Wajdi Mouawad)
170
Wilhelm Tell (Schiller)
Wilhelm Tell (Schiller)
171
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
172
The Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams)
The Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams)
173
Caesar and Cleopatra (Bernard Shaw)
Caesar and Cleopatra (Bernard Shaw)
174
The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein)
The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein)
175
Uncommon Women and Others (Wendy Wasserstein)
Uncommon Women and Others (Wendy Wasserstein)
176
The Fantasticks (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones)
The Fantasticks (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones)
177
The Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)
The Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)
178
Heartbreak House (George Bernard Shaw)
Heartbreak House (George Bernard Shaw)
179
Private Lives (Noel Coward)
Private Lives (Noel Coward)
180
Wait Until Dark (Frederick Knott)
Wait Until Dark (Frederick Knott)
181
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Jane Wagner)
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Jane Wagner)
182
Children of a Lesser God (Mark Medoff)
Children of a Lesser God (Mark Medoff)
183
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
184
4.48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane)
4.48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane)
185
Biloxi Blues (Neil Simon)
Biloxi Blues (Neil Simon)
186
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
187
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
188
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (Tom Stoppard)
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (Tom Stoppard)
189
Barefoot in the Park (Neil Simon)
Barefoot in the Park (Neil Simon)
190
The Philadelphia Story (Philip Barry)
The Philadelphia Story (Philip Barry)
191
The Boys in the Band (Mart Crowley)
The Boys in the Band (Mart Crowley)
192
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dale Wasserman)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dale Wasserman)
193
The Lower Depths (Maxim Gorky)
The Lower Depths (Maxim Gorky)
194
Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)
Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)
195
What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton)
What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton)
196
The Father (August Strindberg)
The Father (August Strindberg)
197
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
198
Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl)
Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl)
199
The History Boys (Alan Bennett)
The History Boys (Alan Bennett)
200
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays (Agatha Christie)
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays (Agatha Christie)
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