Ordered by most viewed in April 2026. Resets alphabetically at the start of each month.
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A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House exposes the fragile foundation of a marriage built on control, appearance, and silence. Through Nora Helmer’s struggle to break free from the expectations placed on her as a wife and mother, Ibsen challenges traditional gender roles and asks whether true independence is worth the cost of everything familiar.
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Death and the King’s Horseman
Where duty meets colonial power.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lovers, craftsmen, and fairies converge on an enchanted forest near Athens...
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Antigone
A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.
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Macbeth
Shakespeare's exploration of ambition and guilt.
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Medea
A groundbreaking portrayal of feminine rage and revenge.
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Oedipus Rex
Imagine trying your absolute hardest to avoid a terrible fate, only to discover that your very attempts to escape it led you directly to it. This is the cruel irony at the heart of Oedipus Rex (or Oedipus the King), one of the most cleverly constructed tragedies ever written. When Sophocles first presented this play to Athenian audiences in 429 BCE, he couldn't have known that 2,500 years later, we'd still be wrestling with its questions about destiny, free will, and the dangers of unwavering self-confidence.
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08
The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole
A Singaporean story of tradition, bureaucracy, and family values.
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09
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams' masterpiece of desire and delusion.
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10
Dancing at Lughnasa
A story of memory, music, and lost dreams.
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Everyman
The quintessential medieval morality play by an anonymous English author.
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Hamlet
Perhaps the most influential play ever written.
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Lysistrata
A sharp-edged comedy about women's protest against war.
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14
The Crucible
A play that speaks truth to power.
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15
The Misanthrope
Classic comedy about social conventions.
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Top Girls
A feminist masterpiece that questions the cost of success
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Romantic classic about inner and outer beauty.
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18
Long Day’s Journey into Night
An American family tragedy.
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19
Marx in Soho: A Play on History
Marx's ghost haunts capitalism in Soho.
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20
Mother Courage and Her Children
Epic theatre at its height.
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21
Six Characters in Search of an Author
When reality and fiction collide: a metatheatrical masterpiece.
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22
Tartuffe
Brilliant satire of religious hypocrisy.
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23
The Future Is Not Fixed
Introduction Introduction: The Future Is Not Fixed In an ever-evolving world, the notion of a predestined future can be both comforting and constricting. Many of us navigate our lives under the belief that our paths are largely determined by external forces—whether societal structures, economic conditions, or familial expectations. Yet, the essence of humanity lies in […]
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24
The Glass Menagerie
A delicate memory trapped in glass.
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25
The Good Person of Szechwan
A parable of morality in an immoral world.
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26
The Seagull
Revolutionary study of art and love.
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27
The Visit
A masterpiece of dark justice.
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28
Uncle Vanya
A study in quiet desperation and lost dreams.
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29
Waiting for Godot
The play about nothing that changed everything.
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30
Woyzeck
Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.
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31
Death of a Salesman
The ultimate American tragedy.
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32
Doctor Faustus
The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.
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33
Dōjōji
Kan'ami's 14th century Noh play about passion turned profane.
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34
Hamilton
An immigrant's rise shapes a nation through song.
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35
Hedda Gabler
The Most Fascinating Anti-Heroine in Modern Drama.
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36
King Lear
Shakespeare's greatest tragedy about family, power, and madness.
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37
Man and Superman
Man and Superman published by Penguin Classics. This is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume also includes Shaw’s preface of 1903 and his appendix, “The Revolutionist’s Handbook”; the cast list…
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Miss Julie
A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power
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39
Othello
A masterful study of jealousy and manipulation.
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Phèdre
Love, guilt, and divine punishment...the height of French classical tragedy.
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Romeo and Juliet
The archetypal tragic love story.
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42
The Bacchae
A dark exploration of religious ecstasy and human nature.
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43
The Cherry Orchard
A poetic study of social change.
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The Merchant of Venice
A Story of Justice, Mercy, and Prejudice in Renaissance Venice
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45
The Wild Duck
A complex study of truth and lies.
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