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The Greatest Plays of All Time

Here they are, according to goodreads, the greatest, most revered plays of all time, based on how many users have marked them as "read" (...or "watched," I guess).
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
2
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
3
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
4
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
5
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
William Shakespeare
6
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
7
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
8
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
9
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
10
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
11
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
12
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
13
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
14
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
15
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
16
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
17
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
18
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
19
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
20
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
J.K. Rowling
21
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
22
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard
23
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
Sophocles
24
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
25
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
26
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
27
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
28
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennesee Williams
29
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
30
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
William Shakespeare
31
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
William Shakespeare
32
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
33
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
Euripides
34
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
35
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
36
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
37
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill
38
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
Tom Stoppard
39
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
William Shakespeare
40
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
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