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50 Plays of the 20th Century

Definitely the best plays of the 20th century. Masterpieces worth reading and / or seeing. Hoy many have you read or seen?
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
1
Samuel Beckett
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
2
Bertolt Brecht
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
3
Anton Chekhov
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
4
Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
5
Tennessee Williams
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
6
Eugene O'Neill
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
7
Arthur Miller
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
8
Luigi Pirandello
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
9
Eugene Ionesco
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
10
Tony Kushner
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
11
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
12
George Bernard Shaw
A Dream Play
A Dream Play
13
The House of Bernarda Alba -La Casa De Bernarda Alba- (Federico García Lorca)
The House of Bernarda Alba -La Casa De Bernarda Alba-
14
Federico García Lorca
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
15
Tom Stoppard
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
16
Private Lives (Noel Coward)
Private Lives
17
Noel Coward
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
18
Edward Albee
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker
19
Harold Pinter
Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
20
Anton Chekhov
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
21
Eugene Ionesco
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
22
Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
Man and Superman
23
George Bernard Shaw
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
24
Jean Anouilh
Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Dario Fo.)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
25
Dario Fo.
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
26
Samuel Beckett
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
27
Tennessee Williams
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
28
Jean-Paul Sartre
Kaspar (Peter Handke)
Kaspar
29
Peter Handke
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
30
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera
31
Bertolt Brecht
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
Major Barbara
32
George Bernard Shaw
Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)
Glengarry Glen Ross
33
David Mamet
Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade
34
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
35
Thornton Wilder
Andorra (Max Frisch)
Andorra
36
Max Frisch
The Last Days of Mankind
The Last Days of Mankind
37
Death and the King's Horseman (Wole Soyinka)
Death and the King's Horseman
38
Wole Soyinka
The Balcony
The Balcony
39
The Physicists (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
The Physicists
40
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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