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01
Antigone
A powerful exploration of divine law versus human law.
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02
Medea
A groundbreaking portrayal of feminine rage and revenge.
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03
Miss Julie
A naturalistic masterpiece of class, gender, and power
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04
Oedipus Rex
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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05
The Bacchae
A dark exploration of religious ecstasy and human nature.
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06
Hamlet
Perhaps the most influential play ever written.
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07
Romeo and Juliet
The archetypal tragic love story.
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08
Death and the King’s Horseman
Where duty meets colonial power.
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09
King Lear
Shakespeare's greatest tragedy about family, power, and madness.
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10
Macbeth
Shakespeare's exploration of ambition and guilt.
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11
Othello
A masterful study of jealousy and manipulation.
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12
Doctor Faustus
The legendary tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil.
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13
Woyzeck
Revolutionary naturalistic tragedy. The Birth of Modern Drama.
