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The Most Popular Plays

This is a list of the most popular plays ever performed, at least, that is, according to Goodreads users
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
1
William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
3
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
4
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5
William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
6
Oscar Wilde
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
7
William Shakespeare
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
8
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
9
Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
10
Tennessee Williams
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
11
Samuel Beckett
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
12
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
13
William Shakespeare
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
14
Henrik Ibsen
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
15
William Shakespeare
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
16
Tennessee Williams
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
17
William Shakespeare
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
18
Sophocles
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
19
William Shakespeare
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
20
Sophocles
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
21
William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
22
Tom Stoppard
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
23
William Shakespeare
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
24
Edward Albee
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
25
William Shakespeare
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
26
George Bernard Shaw
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
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
29
William Shakespeare
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
30
Euripides
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
31
Thornton Wilder
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus
32
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
33
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
34
William Shakespeare
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
35
Anton Chekhov
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
36
William Shakespeare
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
37
Eugene O'Neill
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
38
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
39
William Shakespeare
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
40
Tom Stoppard
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