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The Greatest Plays of All Time

Here they are, according to goodreads, the greatest, most revered plays of all time, based on how many users have marked them as "read" (...or "watched," I guess).
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
1
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
2
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
3
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
5
William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
6
Oscar Wilde
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
7
Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
8
Tennessee Williams
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
9
Samuel Beckett
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
10
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
11
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
12
William Shakespeare
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
13
Arthur Miller
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
14
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
15
William Shakespeare
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
16
Henrik Ibsen
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
17
Tennessee Williams
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
18
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
19
William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
20
J.K. Rowling
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
21
Sophocles
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
22
Tom Stoppard
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
23
Sophocles
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
24
William Shakespeare
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
25
George Bernard Shaw
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
26
Edward Albee
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
27
Lorraine Hansberry
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
28
Tennesee Williams
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
29
Thornton Wilder
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
30
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
31
William Shakespeare
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
32
Thomas Mann
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
33
Euripides
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
34
Anton Chekhov
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
35
William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
36
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
37
Eugene O'Neill
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
38
Tom Stoppard
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
39
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
40
William Shakespeare
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