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19th Century

8 plays · ordered by views in June 2026

  1. 1
    Tragedy

    Miss Julie

    By August Strindberg · First performed in 1888

    A scorching psychological duel about sex, class and power that still feels dangerous more than a century after it was written.

    26 views
  2. 2
    Tragedy

    Woyzeck

    By Georg Büchner · First performed in 1879

    A furious, fragmented nightmare about poverty, humiliation and psychological collapse that still feels centuries ahead of its time.

    20 views
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  3. 3
    Social Realism

    The Wild Duck

    By Henrik Ibsen · First performed in 1884

    A complex study of truth and lies.

    18 views
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  4. 4
    Social Realism

    A Doll’s House

    By Henrik Ibsen · First performed in 1879

    A play that changed theatre forever by asking a terrifyingly simple question: what happens when a woman decides her own life matters more than the role she has been assigned?

    15 views
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  5. 5
    Romantic Comedy

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    By Edmond Rostand · First performed in 1897

    A thrilling romantic comedy about wit, pride and longing that somehow feels intimate even at its most theatrical.

    15 views
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  6. 6
    Tragedy

    Hedda Gabler

    By Henrik Ibsen · First performed in 1891

    A chilling and darkly funny study of boredom, power and repression, with one of the most fascinating women ever written for the stage at its centre.

    8 views
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  7. 7
    Social Realism

    The Power of Darkness

    By Leo Tolstoy · First performed in 1886

    A suffocating, morally ferocious drama in which greed, lust and fear poison an entire household from the inside out.

    7 views
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    Dramatic Comedy

    Uncle Vanya

    By Anton Chekhov · First performed in 1899

    A painfully funny portrait of wasted years, buried desire and the terrifying feeling that life may already have passed you by.

    7 views