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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 4

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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Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone
121
Ben Jonson
The Balcony (Jean Genet)
The Balcony
122
Jean Genet
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
123
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cabaret (Joe Masteroff)
Cabaret
124
Joe Masteroff
Ubu Roi (Alfred Jarry)
Ubu Roi
125
Alfred Jarry
Camelot (Alan Jay Lerner)
Camelot
126
Alan Jay Lerner
Salomé (Oscar Wilde)
Salomé
127
Oscar Wilde
Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare)
Six Degrees of Separation
128
John Guare
Wit (Margaret Edson)
Wit
129
Margaret Edson
Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley (Nick Dear (Adapted By), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelle)
Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley
130
Nick Dear (Adapted By), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelle
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
131
The Rose Tattoo (Tennessee Williams)
The Rose Tattoo
132
Tennessee Williams
'Art' (Yasmina Reza)
'Art'
133
Yasmina Reza
Spring Awakening (Frank Wedekind)
Spring Awakening
134
Frank Wedekind
Under Milk Wood (Dylan Thomas)
Under Milk Wood
135
Dylan Thomas
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Ch (Peter Weiss)
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Ch
136
Peter Weiss
The Plough and the Stars (Sean O'Casey)
The Plough and the Stars
137
Sean O'Casey
Of Mice and Men: The Play (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men: The Play
138
John Steinbeck
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
139
Sophocles
'Night, Mother (Marsha Norman)
'Night, Mother
140
Marsha Norman
Gruesome Playground Injuries (Rajiv Joseph)
Gruesome Playground Injuries
141
Rajiv Joseph
You Can't Take It With You (George Kaufman & Moss Hart)
You Can't Take It With You
142
George Kaufman & Moss Hart
Juno and the Paycock (Sean O'Casey)
Juno and the Paycock
143
Sean O'Casey
The Shadow of a Gunman (Sean O'Casey)
The Shadow of a Gunman
144
Sean O'Casey
Venus in Fur (David Ives)
Venus in Fur
145
David Ives
Candida (George Bernard Shaw)
Candida
146
George Bernard Shaw
Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey Fierstein)
Torch Song Trilogy
147
Harvey Fierstein
Steel Magnolias (Robert Harling)
Steel Magnolias
148
Robert Harling
Gypsy (Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim)
Gypsy
149
Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim
The Physicists: A Play (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Physicists: A Play
150
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
151
Tom Stoppard
The Odd Couple (Neil Simon)
The Odd Couple
152
Neil Simon
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
153
William Shakespeare
Fool for Love
Fool for Love
154
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Martin Mcdonagh)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
155
Martin Mcdonagh
Travesties
Travesties
156
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
157
Henrik Ibsen
The Piano Lesson (August Wilson)
The Piano Lesson
158
August Wilson
Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Dario Fo)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
159
Dario Fo
Translations (Brian Friel)
Translations
160
Brian Friel
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