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English Literature: The Essentials, Part 1- Drama

A professional theatre director and instructor in British Literature attempts to come up with 100 essential works that are intended to form a core reading and viewing list for British Drama. There has been some attempt at verisimilitude, so many hard choices were made made to keep the list manageable. Hopefully, the choices and omissions will spark some lively debate. To answer the two most anticipated questions - 1) "Othello" and "Romeo & Juliet" were excluded in favor of "Twelfth Night" and "Henry IV" in order to show the breadth of Shakespeare's genius; and 2) Samuel Beckett was not included because, in this director's humble opinion, he more properly belongs in World Drama.
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Medieval and Tudor Drama (Gassner)
Medieval and Tudor Drama (Gassner)
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The Cornish Ordinalia (Anonymous)
The Cornish Ordinalia (Anonymous)
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The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play (Anonymous)
The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play (Anonymous)
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The Castle of Perseverance (Anonymous)
The Castle of Perseverance (Anonymous)
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Everyman (Anonymous C. 1500)
Everyman (Anonymous C. 1500)
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English Renaissance Drama (Bevington)
English Renaissance Drama (Bevington)
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The Spanish Tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy
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Bussy D'Ambois (George Chapman)
Bussy D'Ambois (George Chapman)
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Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
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The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta
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Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)
Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)
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Norton Facsimile First Folio (Shakespeare)
Norton Facsimile First Folio (Shakespeare)
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Richard III (Shakespeare (Signet))
Richard III (Shakespeare (Signet))
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Henry IV, Part I & II (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I & II (William Shakespeare)
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Hamlet (Shakespeare (Signet))
Hamlet (Shakespeare (Signet))
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Twelfth Night (Shakespeare (Signet))
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare (Signet))
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King Lear (Shakespeare (Signet))
King Lear (Shakespeare (Signet))
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MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
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The Tempest (Shakespeare (Signet))
The Tempest (Shakespeare (Signet))
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Volpone and Other Plays (Ben Jonson)
Volpone and Other Plays (Ben Jonson)
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The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
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The Changeling
The Changeling
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Women Beware Women
Women Beware Women
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The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy
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The White Devil
The White Devil
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The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
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The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
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Love for Love (William Congreve)
Love for Love (William Congreve)
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The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
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The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
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The Rivals (Sheridan)
The Rivals (Sheridan)
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The Beaux' Stratagem
The Beaux' Stratagem
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She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
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19th Century Plays (Rowell)
19th Century Plays (Rowell)
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London Assurance (Boucicault)
London Assurance (Boucicault)
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The Bells (Leopold Lewis)
The Bells (Leopold Lewis)
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The Importance of Being Ernest
The Importance of Being Ernest
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Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
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Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
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