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    drama

    Death of a Salesman

    The ultimate American tragedy.

    American realism

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    drama

    The Cherry Orchard

    A poetic study of social change.

    Russian realism

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    drama

    Mother Courage and Her Children

    Epic theatre at its height.

    Epic theatre

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    Dramatic Comedy · UK

    Every Brilliant Thing

    The funniest play about depression you will ever see, and one of the most honest things theatre has done with mental health in a generation.

    21st century

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    drama

    The Misanthrope

    Classic comedy about social conventions.

    17-18th Centuries

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    comedy

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Lovers, craftsmen, and fairies converge on an enchanted forest near Athens...

    Elizabethan

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    drama

    The Seagull

    Revolutionary study of art and love.

    Russian realism

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    drama

    Dancing at Lughnasa

    A story of memory, music, and lost dreams.

    Irish drama

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    drama

    Everyman

    The quintessential medieval morality play by an anonymous English author.

    Medieval morality

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    Musical

    Hamilton

    An immigrant's rise shapes a nation through song.

    Hip-hop musical

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    drama

    Six Characters in Search of an Author

    When reality and fiction collide: a metatheatrical masterpiece.

    Metatheatre

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    drama

    Waiting for Godot

    The play about nothing that changed everything.

    Absurdist

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    drama

    Long Day’s Journey into Night

    An American family tragedy.

    Early 20th Century

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    drama

    Man and Superman

    Shaw's longest, most argumentative and most exhilarating play — a romantic comedy about a man running from a woman, wrapped around a philosophical debate between Don Juan and the Devil that has nothing to do with the plot and everything to do with why we are alive.

    20th century

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    drama

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Romantic classic about inner and outer beauty.

    Romantic

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    drama

    Marx in Soho: A Play on History

    Marx's ghost haunts capitalism in Soho.

    21st Century

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    tragedy

    Miss Julie

    A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power

    Naturalism

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    drama

    The Glass Menagerie

    A delicate memory trapped in glass.

    Memory play

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    drama

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    Tennessee Williams' masterpiece of desire and delusion.

    American realism

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    tragedy

    Antigone

    A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.

    Greek tragedy

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    comedy

    Lysistrata

    A sharp-edged comedy about women's protest against war.

    Greek comedy

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    tragedy

    The Bacchae

    A dark exploration of religious ecstasy and human nature.

    Greek tragedy

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    Social Realism · Norway

    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.

    19th century

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    drama

    Dōjōji

    Kan'ami's 14th century Noh play about passion turned profane.

    Renaissance

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    tragedy

    Romeo and Juliet

    The archetypal tragic love story.

    Elizabethan

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    drama

    The Crucible

    A play that speaks truth to power.

    American realism

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    tragedy

    Woyzeck

    Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.

    Pre-expressionist

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    tragedy

    Doctor Faustus

    The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.

    Elizabethan

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    tragedy

    Medea

    A groundbreaking portrayal of feminine rage and revenge.

    Greek tragedy

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    tragedy

    Death and the King’s Horseman

    Where duty meets colonial power.

    African drama