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drama
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · First performed 1949 · 11 characters · 288 views this month
The ultimate American tragedy.
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02
drama
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1904 · 10 characters · 34 views this month
A poetic study of social change.
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03
drama
Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht · First performed 1941 · 12 characters · 31 views this month
Epic theatre at its height.
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04
drama
Dancing at Lughnasa
Brian Friel · First performed 1990 · 8 characters · 21 views this month
A story of memory, music, and lost dreams.
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05
drama
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Eugene O'Neill · 17 views this month
An American family tragedy.
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06
drama
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello · First performed 1921 · 9 characters · 17 views this month
When reality and fiction collide: a metatheatrical masterpiece.
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drama
The Seagull
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1896 · 9 characters · 17 views this month
Revolutionary study of art and love.
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09
tragedy
Antigone
Sophocles · First performed 441 · 6 characters · 15 views this month
A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.
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10
drama
Everyman
Anonymous · First performed 1510 · 9 characters · 15 views this month
The quintessential medieval morality play by an anonymous English author.
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11
Musical
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda · First performed 2015 · 35 characters · 15 views this month
An immigrant's rise shapes a nation through song.
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12
drama
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett · First performed 1953 · 5 characters · 15 views this month
The play about nothing that changed everything.
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13
comedy
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare · First performed 1600 · 16 characters · 14 views this month
Lovers, craftsmen, and fairies converge on an enchanted forest near Athens...
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14
drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand · First performed 1897 · 9 characters · 14 views this month
Romantic classic about inner and outer beauty.
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15
drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1947 · 9 characters · 13 views this month
Tennessee Williams' masterpiece of desire and delusion.
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16
comedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · First performed 411 · 9 characters · 13 views this month
A sharp-edged comedy about women's protest against war.
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17
tragedy
Miss Julie
August Strindberg · First performed 1888 · 3 characters · 13 views this month
A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power
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Social Realism · Norway
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · First performed 1879 · 6 characters · 12 views this month
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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19
drama
Marx in Soho: A Play on History
Howard Zinn · 12 views this month
Marx's ghost haunts capitalism in Soho.
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20
drama
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1944 · 4 characters · 12 views this month
A delicate memory trapped in glass.
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21
drama
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw · 11 views this month
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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22
drama
The Crucible
Arthur Miller · First performed 1953 · 15 characters · 10 views this month
A play that speaks truth to power.
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23
drama
Dōjōji
Kan'ami · 9 views this month
Kan'ami's 14th century Noh play about passion turned profane.
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24
drama
Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen · First performed 1891 · 6 characters · 9 views this month
The Most Fascinating Anti-Heroine in Modern Drama.
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25
tragedy
Macbeth
William Shakespeare · First performed 1606 · 13 characters · 9 views this month
Shakespeare's exploration of ambition and guilt.
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26
tragedy
Death and the King’s Horseman
Wole Soyinka · First performed 1975 · 10 characters · 8 views this month
Where duty meets colonial power.
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27
tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · First performed 1597 · 14 characters · 8 views this month
The archetypal tragic love story.
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28
tragedy
Woyzeck
Georg Büchner · First performed 1879 · 8 characters · 8 views this month
Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.
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29
tragedy
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe · First performed 1592 · 12 characters · 7 views this month
The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.
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30
tragedy
Medea
Euripides · First performed 431 · 8 characters · 7 views this month
A groundbreaking portrayal of feminine rage and revenge.
