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drama
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · First performed 1949 · 11 characters · 37 views this month
The ultimate American tragedy.
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02
drama
Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht · First performed 1941 · 12 characters · 24 views this month
Epic theatre at its height.
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03
drama
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1904 · 10 characters · 20 views this month
A poetic study of social change.
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04
drama
Dancing at Lughnasa
Brian Friel · First performed 1990 · 8 characters · 16 views this month
A story of memory, music, and lost dreams.
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05
drama
Everyman
Anonymous · First performed 1510 · 9 characters · 14 views this month
The quintessential medieval morality play by an anonymous English author.
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comedy
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare · First performed 1600 · 16 characters · 11 views this month
Lovers, craftsmen, and fairies converge on an enchanted forest near Athens...
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08
tragedy
Miss Julie
August Strindberg · First performed 1888 · 3 characters · 11 views this month
A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power
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09
drama
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1944 · 4 characters · 11 views this month
A delicate memory trapped in glass.
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10
drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand · First performed 1897 · 9 characters · 10 views this month
Romantic classic about inner and outer beauty.
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11
Musical
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda · First performed 2015 · 35 characters · 10 views this month
An immigrant's rise shapes a nation through song.
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12
drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1947 · 9 characters · 9 views this month
Tennessee Williams' masterpiece of desire and delusion.
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13
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14
tragedy
Antigone
Sophocles · First performed 441 · 6 characters · 8 views this month
A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.
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15
drama
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello · First performed 1921 · 9 characters · 8 views this month
When reality and fiction collide: a metatheatrical masterpiece.
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16
comedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · First performed 411 · 9 characters · 7 views this month
A sharp-edged comedy about women's protest against war.
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17
drama
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw · 7 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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18
tragedy
Death and the King’s Horseman
Wole Soyinka · First performed 1975 · 10 characters · 6 views this month
Where duty meets colonial power.
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19
tragedy
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe · First performed 1592 · 12 characters · 6 views this month
The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.
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20
drama
Marx in Soho: A Play on History
Howard Zinn · 6 views this month
Marx's ghost haunts capitalism in Soho.
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21
tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · First performed 1597 · 14 characters · 6 views this month
The archetypal tragic love story.
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22
drama
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1899 · 8 characters · 6 views this month
A study in quiet desperation and lost dreams.
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23
tragedy
Woyzeck
Georg Büchner · First performed 1879 · 8 characters · 6 views this month
Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.
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24
Social Realism · Norway
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · First performed 1879 · 6 characters · 5 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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25
drama
Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen · First performed 1891 · 6 characters · 5 views this month
The Most Fascinating Anti-Heroine in Modern Drama.
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26
tragedy
The Bacchae
Euripides · First performed 405 · 8 characters · 5 views this month
A dark exploration of religious ecstasy and human nature.
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27
tragedy
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles · First performed 429 BCE · 8 characters · 4 views this month
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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drama
Phèdre
Jean Racine · 4 views this month
Love, guilt, and divine punishment...the height of French classical tragedy.
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29
drama
Dōjōji
Kan'ami · 3 views this month
Kan'ami's 14th century Noh play about passion turned profane.
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30
tragedy
Macbeth
William Shakespeare · First performed 1606 · 13 characters · 3 views this month
Shakespeare's exploration of ambition and guilt.
