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The Great Plays: A Stage Director's View - Page 2

After 40+ years in the theatre, and directing and acting at all levels from high school to Off-Broadway, I take a personal, idiosyncratic, and certainly NOT definitive look at plays that matter. These are plays that make the Live Theatre valid and necessary, and that are still worth mounting, seeing, hearing, and reading. I have restricted myself to plays; Musicals are their own form, and deserve their own list. The order after the first 10 is as the plays occurred to me, and should not be taken as a strict order of merit. The first 10 are what I consider to be the greatest of the great.
[2/7/23 Since compiling this list I've reconsidered 1-10. I now would put "Our Town" at no. 7 and "Long Day's Journey" at no. 11. I have come to realize that "Our Town" is the greatest American play yet written.]
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Volpone
Volpone
41
Danton's Death
Danton's Death
42
Fool for Love
Fool for Love
43
Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi
44
The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death
45
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
46
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
47
Scapino
Scapino
48
Equus
Equus
49
The Inspector General
The Inspector General
50
Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade
51
Women Beware Women
Women Beware Women
52
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters
53
Arcadia
Arcadia
54
The Rivals
The Rivals
55
Angels in America
Angels in America
56
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
57
True West
True West
58
The Price
The Price
59
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
60
Antigone
Antigone
61
A Dream Play
A Dream Play
62
Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead
63
Life Is a Dream
Life Is a Dream
64
The House of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba
65
The Comedy of the Insects
The Comedy of the Insects
66
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
67
The Seagull
The Seagull
68
The Frogs
The Frogs
69
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man
70
Richard III
Richard III
71
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
72
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
73
Life of Galileo
Life of Galileo
74
The Miser
The Miser
75
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
76
La Ronde
La Ronde
77
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
Ionesco's "The Lesson".
78
Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly
79
Private Lives
Private Lives
80
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