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Classic Plays, Scripts and Performances - Page 2

A selection of some plays from over two thousand years.I stopped at a hundred and eight,and cut back on including too many plays by some writers,as Shakespeare and Shaw for example could fill lists by.themselves. A great play as often as not can be made into a mediocre or lousy film, and that is why I insist that stating ' I saw the film version ' does not count.Saying 'I saw the play' is what qualifies.
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Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
41
William Shakespeare
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
42
Eugene O'Neill
The Real Inspector Hound (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Inspector Hound
43
Tom Stoppard
Hedda Gabler & Other Plays (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler & Other Plays
44
Henrik Ibsen
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
45
Ben Jonson
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
46
Arthur Miller
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Bertolt Brecht)
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
47
Bertolt Brecht
The Mousetrap and Other Plays (Agatha Christie)
The Mousetrap and Other Plays
48
Agatha Christie
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
49
William Shakespeare
West Side Story (A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim)
West Side Story
50
A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim
The Ruling Class (Barnes)
The Ruling Class
51
Barnes
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband
52
Oscar Wilde
The Rose Tattoo (Tennessee Williams)
The Rose Tattoo
53
Tennessee Williams
The Seagull (Anton Chekov)
The Seagull
54
Anton Chekov
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
55
William Shakespeare
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
56
Samuel Beckett
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
57
Lorraine Hansberry
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
58
William Shakespeare
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
59
Tom Stoppard
The Norman Conquests (Alan Ayckbourn)
The Norman Conquests
60
Alan Ayckbourn
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
61
Arthur Miller
A Dolls House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Dolls House
62
Henrik Ibsen
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
63
William Shakespeare
Heartbreak House (George Bernard Shaw)
Heartbreak House
64
George Bernard Shaw
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons
65
Robert Bolt
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Richard Mills and Peter Goldsworthy)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
66
Richard Mills and Peter Goldsworthy
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
67
Tennessee Williams
Henry IV (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV
68
William Shakespeare
The Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
The Three Sisters
69
Anton Chekhov
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker
70
Harold Pinter
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Saint Joan
71
George Bernard Shaw
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
72
William Shakespeare
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
Doubt
73
John Patrick Shanley
The Ham Funeral (Patrick White)
The Ham Funeral
74
Patrick White
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
75
Tennessee Williams
The Homecoming (Harold Pinter)
The Homecoming
76
Harold Pinter
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
77
William Shakespeare
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
78
Edward Albee
The One Day of the Year (Alan Seymour)
The One Day of the Year
79
Alan Seymour
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
80
William Shakespeare
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