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100 Essential Plays to Read - Page 2

A list of 100 great plays to read. There are more than 100 great plays out there, but this is a good start, especially from a historical perpsective.
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The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
41
The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Martin Mcdonagh)
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
42
Martin Mcdonagh
Life Is a Dream
Life Is a Dream
43
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
44
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
45
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
46
Eugene O'Neill
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
47
Lost in Yonkers (Neil Simon)
Lost in Yonkers
48
Neil Simon
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
49
Aristophanes
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
50
David Henry Hwang
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
51
William Shakespeare
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays
52
Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade
53
Master Harold...And the Boys
Master Harold...And the Boys
54
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
55
Euripides
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
56
William Shakespeare
The Miracle Worker (William Gibson)
The Miracle Worker
57
William Gibson
The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope
58
Molière
The Miser
The Miser
59
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
60
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
61
Bertolt Brecht
The Norman Conquests (Alan Ayckbourn)
The Norman Conquests
62
Alan Ayckbourn
The Odd Couple (Neil Simon)
The Odd Couple
63
Neil Simon
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
64
Sophocles
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy
65
Aeschylus
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
66
William Shakespeare
Our Town: A Play
Our Town: A Play
67
Phedre
Phedre
68
The Piano Lesson (August Wilson)
The Piano Lesson
69
August Wilson
Picnic
Picnic
70
The Pillowman (Martin Mcdonagh)
The Pillowman
71
Martin Mcdonagh
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
72
George Bernard Shaw
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
73
Lorraine Hansberry
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
74
Tom Stoppard
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
75
Eugene Ionesco
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
76
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
77
William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
78
Tom Stoppard
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
79
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
80
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