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The Great Plays: A Stage Director's View - Page 2

After 40+ years in the theatre, and directing and acting at all levels from high school to Off-Broadway, I take a personal, idiosyncratic, and certainly NOT definitive look at plays that matter. These are plays that make the Live Theatre valid and necessary, and that are still worth mounting, seeing, hearing, and reading. I have restricted myself to plays; Musicals are their own form, and deserve their own list. The order after the first 10 is as the plays occurred to me, and should not be taken as a strict order of merit. The first 10 are what I consider to be the greatest of the great.
[2/7/23 Since compiling this list I've reconsidered 1-10. I now would put "Our Town" at no. 7 and "Long Day's Journey" at no. 11. I have come to realize that "Our Town" is the greatest American play yet written.]
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Volpone
Volpone
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Danton's Death
Danton's Death
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Fool for Love
Fool for Love
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Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi
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The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death
46
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
47
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
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Scapino
Scapino
49
Equus
Equus
50
The Inspector General
The Inspector General
51
Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade
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Women Beware Women
Women Beware Women
53
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters
54
Arcadia
Arcadia
55
The Rivals
The Rivals
56
Angels in America
Angels in America
57
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
58
True West
True West
59
The Price
The Price
60
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
61
Antigone
Antigone
62
A Dream Play
A Dream Play
63
Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
64
Life Is a Dream
Life Is a Dream
65
The House of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba
66
The Comedy of the Insects
The Comedy of the Insects
67
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
68
The Seagull
The Seagull
69
The Frogs
The Frogs
70
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man
71
Richard III
Richard III
72
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
73
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
74
Life of Galileo
Life of Galileo
75
The Miser
The Miser
76
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
77
La Ronde
La Ronde
78
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
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Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly
80
Private Lives
Private Lives
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