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Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time - More Than 230 of Them! - Page 5

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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The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)
The Vagina Monologues
161
Eve Ensler
The Man Who Came to Dinner (George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
162
George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
The Hairy Ape (Eugene O'Neill)
The Hairy Ape
163
Eugene O'Neill
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker
164
Harold Pinter
Harvey (Mary Chase)
Harvey
165
Mary Chase
The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers)
The Sound of Music
166
Richard Rodgers
Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Galileo
167
Bertolt Brecht
The Emperor Jones (Eugene O'Neill)
The Emperor Jones
168
Eugene O'Neill
Scorched (Wajdi Mouawad)
Scorched
169
Wajdi Mouawad
Wilhelm Tell (Schiller)
Wilhelm Tell
170
Schiller
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
171
William Shakespeare
The Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams)
The Night of the Iguana
172
Tennessee Williams
Caesar and Cleopatra (Bernard Shaw)
Caesar and Cleopatra
173
Bernard Shaw
The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein)
The Heidi Chronicles
174
Wendy Wasserstein
Uncommon Women and Others (Wendy Wasserstein)
Uncommon Women and Others
175
Wendy Wasserstein
The Fantasticks (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones)
The Fantasticks
176
Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones
The Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)
The Mousetrap
177
Agatha Christie
Heartbreak House (George Bernard Shaw)
Heartbreak House
178
George Bernard Shaw
Private Lives (Noel Coward)
Private Lives
179
Noel Coward
Wait Until Dark (Frederick Knott)
Wait Until Dark
180
Frederick Knott
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Jane Wagner)
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
181
Jane Wagner
Children of a Lesser God (Mark Medoff)
Children of a Lesser God
182
Mark Medoff
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
183
4.48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane)
4.48 Psychosis
184
Sarah Kane
Biloxi Blues (Neil Simon)
Biloxi Blues
185
Neil Simon
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
Krapp's Last Tape
186
Samuel Beckett
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
187
J.P. Donleavy
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (Tom Stoppard)
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
188
Tom Stoppard
Barefoot in the Park (Neil Simon)
Barefoot in the Park
189
Neil Simon
The Philadelphia Story (Philip Barry)
The Philadelphia Story
190
Philip Barry
The Boys in the Band (Mart Crowley)
The Boys in the Band
191
Mart Crowley
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dale Wasserman)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
192
Dale Wasserman
The Lower Depths (Maxim Gorky)
The Lower Depths
193
Maxim Gorky
Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)
Life Is a Dream
194
Pedro Calderón De La Barca
What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton)
What the Butler Saw
195
Joe Orton
The Father (August Strindberg)
The Father
196
August Strindberg
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
Miss Julie
197
August Strindberg
Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl)
Eurydice
198
Sarah Ruhl
The History Boys (Alan Bennett)
The History Boys
199
Alan Bennett
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays (Agatha Christie)
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays
200
Agatha Christie
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