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The Director's 112: Some Favorite Plays by Favorite Playwrights

Our maverick English Teacher and Theatre Director considers 40+ years in professional and educational theatre and comes up with 112 plays (musicals excluded) that he would consider personal favorites. This is not a "Best Of..." list ( for that see his list "The Great Plays: A Director's View") , Nor is it in any way comprehensive. The compiler set a limit of 100 but couldn't get it below 112, and if he were asked next week, he would probably come up with a different list.
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MacBeth (MacBeth)
MacBeth (MacBeth)
1
King Lear (King Lear)
King Lear (King Lear)
2
Hamlet
Hamlet
3
Henry IV
Henry IV
4
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
5
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
6
Endgame
Endgame
7
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
8
Footfalls
Footfalls
9
Rockaby by Samuel Beckett
Rockaby by Samuel Beckett
10
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
11
The White Devil by John Webster
The White Devil by John Webster
12
Woyzeck
Woyzeck
13
Danton's Death by Georg Buchner
Danton's Death by Georg Buchner
14
The Oresteia
The Oresteia
15
Oedipus Tyrannos
Oedipus Tyrannos
16
Antigone
Antigone
17
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
18
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
19
Lysistrata
Lysistrata
20
The Frogs
The Frogs
21
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
22
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
23
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
24
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
25
Ionesco's "The Killer".
Ionesco's "The Killer".
26
Exit the King
Exit the King
27
Our Town
Our Town
28
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
29
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
30
The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home
31
Fool for Love
Fool for Love
32
True West
True West
33
Buried Child
Buried Child
34
Fifth of July
Fifth of July
35
Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly
36
Angels Fall
Angels Fall
37
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
38
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
39
Small Craft Warnings
Small Craft Warnings
40
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