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drama
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller · First performed 1949 · 11 characters · 350 views this month
The ultimate American tragedy.
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02
drama
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1904 · 10 characters · 43 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 · 36 views this month
Epic theatre at its height.
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04
Dramatic Comedy · UK
Every Brilliant Thing
Duncan Macmillan · First performed 2013 · 1 characters · 29 views this month
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.
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06
drama
Dancing at Lughnasa
Brian Friel · First performed 1990 · 8 characters · 22 views this month
A story of memory, music, and lost dreams.
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07
drama
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello · First performed 1921 · 9 characters · 22 views this month
When reality and fiction collide: a metatheatrical masterpiece.
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08
drama
Everyman
Anonymous · First performed 1510 · 9 characters · 21 views this month
The quintessential medieval morality play by an anonymous English author.
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09
Musical
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda · First performed 2015 · 35 characters · 21 views this month
An immigrant's rise shapes a nation through song.
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10
drama
The Seagull
Anton Chekhov · First performed 1896 · 9 characters · 21 views this month
Revolutionary study of art and love.
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11
drama
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett · First performed 1953 · 5 characters · 20 views this month
The play about nothing that changed everything.
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12
comedy
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare · First performed 1600 · 16 characters · 18 views this month
Lovers, craftsmen, and fairies converge on an enchanted forest near Athens...
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13
tragedy
Antigone
Sophocles · First performed 441 · 6 characters · 18 views this month
A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.
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14
drama
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Eugene O'Neill · 18 views this month
An American family tragedy.
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15
drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand · First performed 1897 · 9 characters · 17 views this month
Romantic classic about inner and outer beauty.
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16
tragedy
Miss Julie
August Strindberg · First performed 1888 · 3 characters · 16 views this month
A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power
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17
drama
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1944 · 4 characters · 16 views this month
A delicate memory trapped in glass.
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18
Social Realism · Norway
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · First performed 1879 · 6 characters · 15 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
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams · First performed 1947 · 9 characters · 15 views this month
Tennessee Williams' masterpiece of desire and delusion.
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20
drama
Dōjōji
Kan'ami · 15 views this month
Kan'ami's 14th century Noh play about passion turned profane.
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21
drama
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw · First performed 1905 · 12 characters · 15 views this month
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.
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22
tragedy
Woyzeck
Georg Büchner · First performed 1879 · 8 characters · 15 views this month
Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.
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23
comedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · First performed 411 · 9 characters · 14 views this month
A sharp-edged comedy about women's protest against war.
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24
drama
Marx in Soho: A Play on History
Howard Zinn · 14 views this month
Marx's ghost haunts capitalism in Soho.
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25
drama
The Crucible
Arthur Miller · First performed 1953 · 15 characters · 13 views this month
A play that speaks truth to power.
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26
tragedy
Death and the King’s Horseman
Wole Soyinka · First performed 1975 · 10 characters · 11 views this month
Where duty meets colonial power.
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27
tragedy
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe · First performed 1592 · 12 characters · 11 views this month
The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.
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28
tragedy
Macbeth
William Shakespeare · First performed 1606 · 13 characters · 11 views this month
Shakespeare's exploration of ambition and guilt.
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29
tragedy
Medea
Euripides · First performed 431 · 8 characters · 11 views this month
A groundbreaking portrayal of feminine rage and revenge.
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30
tragedy
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · First performed 1597 · 14 characters · 11 views this month
The archetypal tragic love story.
