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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 2

Classic Greek drama to modern plays and musicals. This is an overdue update of a challenge originally published in 2014 by NKOAS (and which actually did have 100 plays on its list). Please only tick an item if you have read the play or seen a live performance (not a precursor novel or a movie version respectively).
Goodreads blurb: "The list of recommendations of the "Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time" originates from the Serious Literature Group of Goodreads", whatever that means.
Notes: I included plays that had 200+ ratings on Goodreads and 2 or more votes (not very stringent criteria but enough to eliminate many suspect entries). Regarding books with titles of the form "MainPlay and Other Plays", I only used "MainPlay" on the challenge.
I predict that purists may frown at some of the dramatic works that have made it onto this list.
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Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)
Glengarry Glen Ross
41
David Mamet
Faust: First Part (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust: First Part
42
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Seagull (Anton Chekhov)
The Seagull
43
Anton Chekhov
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
44
Aristophanes
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera
45
Bertolt Brecht
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
46
Euripides
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
47
August Wilson
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brech)
Mother Courage & Her Children
48
Bertolt Brech
The Miracle Worker (William Gibson)
The Miracle Worker
49
William Gibson
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
50
William Shakespeare
West Side Story (A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim)
West Side Story
51
A. Laurents, L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
52
Anton Chekhov
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
53
William Shakespeare
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
54
Samuel Beckett
A View From the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A View From the Bridge
55
Arthur Miller
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
56
Henrik Ibsen
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
57
William Shakespeare
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts (Michael Frayn)
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts
58
Michael Frayn
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
59
George Bernard Shaw
Caligula (Albert Camus)
Caligula
60
Albert Camus
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
61
Eugene Ionesco
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Twelve Angry Men
62
Reginald Rose
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit
63
Noel Coward
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Equus
64
Peter Shaffer
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
65
Aeschylus
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The Zoo Story
66
Edward Albee
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1
67
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
68
William Shakespeare
Phèdre (Jean Racine)
Phèdre
69
Jean Racine
The Playboy of the Western World (J.M. Synge)
The Playboy of the Western World
70
J.M. Synge
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Saint Joan
71
George Bernard Shaw
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
72
Bertolt Brecht
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
73
William Shakespeare
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
74
Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond
Frogs (Aristophanes)
Frogs
75
Aristophanes
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
Major Barbara
76
George Bernard Shaw
The Children's Hour (Lillian Hellman)
The Children's Hour
77
Lillian Hellman
An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen)
An Enemy of the People
78
Henrik Ibsen
The Pirates of Penzance (W.S. Gilbert)
The Pirates of Penzance
79
W.S. Gilbert
The Lion in Winter (James Goldman)
The Lion in Winter
80
James Goldman
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