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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 3

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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An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley)
An Inspector Calls
81
J.B. Priestley
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
82
Eugene O'Neill
The Elephant Man (Bernard Pomerance)
The Elephant Man
83
Bernard Pomerance
Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
Betrayal
84
Harold Pinter
Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
Blood Wedding
85
Federico García Lorca
Yerma (Federico García Lorca)
Yerma
86
Federico García Lorca
The Homecoming (Harold Pinter)
The Homecoming
87
Harold Pinter
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
88
Luigi Pirandello
Dead Shambles
Dead Shambles
89
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
90
William Shakespeare
The Imaginary Invalid (Molière)
The Imaginary Invalid
91
Molière
Dancing at Lughnasa (Brian Friel)
Dancing at Lughnasa
92
Brian Friel
Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)
Edward II
93
Christopher Marlowe
The Inspector General (Nikolai Gogol)
The Inspector General
94
Nikolai Gogol
American Buffalo (David Mamet)
American Buffalo
95
David Mamet
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O'Neill)
Mourning Becomes Electra
96
Eugene O'Neill
Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
Man and Superman
97
George Bernard Shaw
Deathtrap (Ira Levin)
Deathtrap
98
Ira Levin
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
99
Harold Pinter
The Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
The Three Sisters
100
Anton Chekhov
"Master Harold" ... and the Boys (Athol Fugard)
"Master Harold" ... and the Boys
101
Athol Fugard
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
102
Eugene Ionesco
The Chairs (Eugene Ionesco)
The Chairs
103
Eugene Ionesco
The Lesson (Ionesco)
The Lesson
104
Ionesco
A Woman of No Importance (Oscar Wilde)
A Woman of No Importance
105
Oscar Wilde
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
106
David Henry Hwang
The Miser (Molière)
The Miser
107
Molière
Trifles (Susan Glaspell)
Trifles
108
Susan Glaspell
Oleanna (David Mamet)
Oleanna
109
David Mamet
The Skin of Our Teeth (Thornton Wilder)
The Skin of Our Teeth
110
Thornton Wilder
Proof (David Auburn)
Proof
111
David Auburn
Cloud 9 (Caryl Churchill)
Cloud 9
112
Caryl Churchill
She Stoops to Conquer (Oliver Goldsmith)
She Stoops to Conquer
113
Oliver Goldsmith
Top Girls (Caryl Churchill)
Top Girls
114
Caryl Churchill
Inherit the Wind (Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee)
Inherit the Wind
115
Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee
Le Cid (Pierre Corneille)
Le Cid
116
Pierre Corneille
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
117
Ntozake Shange
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
118
William Shakespeare
Sunday in the Park With George (Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine)
Sunday in the Park With George
119
Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine
The Master Builder (Henrik Ibsen)
The Master Builder
120
Henrik Ibsen
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