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The 50 Best Plays Ever Written

Ultimately, it comes down to what constitutes the "best." Certainly there's the longevity of a given piece's popularity. Of course this relates wholly to any given play's universality, and so, both of these factors were part of the decision-making process while compiling the list that follows.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
2
Eugene O'Neill
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3
Edward Albee
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
4
Arthur Miller
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
5
Sophocles
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
6
Tony Kushner
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
7
Tennessee Williams
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
8
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
9
Lorraine Hansberry
Woyzeck (Georg Büchner)
Woyzeck
10
Georg Büchner
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
11
Samuel Beckett
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
12
Eugene Ionesco
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
13
Henrik Ibsen
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
14
Machinal (Sophie Treadwell)
Machinal
15
Sophie Treadwell
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
16
August Wilson
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
17
Anton Chekhov
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
18
Molière
What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton)
What the Butler Saw
19
Joe Orton
Uncommon Women and Others
Uncommon Women and Others
20
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth
21
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
22
Tom Stoppard
The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer)
The Normal Heart
23
Larry Kramer
Topdog/Underdog (Suzan-Lori Parks)
Topdog/Underdog
24
Suzan-Lori Parks
Candida (George Bernard Shaw)
Candida
25
George Bernard Shaw
Playboy of the Western World (J. M. Synge)
Playboy of the Western World
26
J. M. Synge
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
27
Oscar Wilde
Awake and Sing (Clifford Odets)
Awake and Sing
28
Clifford Odets
The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal
29
Stuff Happens (David Hare)
Stuff Happens
30
David Hare
Life With Father
Life With Father
31
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
32
William Shakespeare
Cloud 9
Cloud 9
33
Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone
34
Ben Jonson
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
35
Thornton Wilder
Ruined (Lynn Nottage)
Ruined
36
Lynn Nottage
The Vortex (Noel Coward)
The Vortex
37
Noel Coward
She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
38
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
39
Bertolt Brecht
John (Annie Baker)
John
40
Annie Baker
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