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Description: Plays you've read/scene/heard and enjoyed. Feel free to add items that aren't here. (I've taken the anthologies out of the list, so we can get at individual plays)
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1

by William Shakespeare

37,435 members

336 reviews

4.2

13 Members: lorax, hipdeep, eromsted, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, spiphany, si, ahef1963, jeffza, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by William Shakespeare

29,973 members

262 reviews

4

13 Members: lorax, hipdeep, henkl, eromsted, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, suitable1, spiphany, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

3

by William Shakespeare

17,188 members

168 reviews

4.1

12 Members: lorax, hipdeep, henkl, foggidawn, thorold, AnnaClaire, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, si, ahef1963, jeffza

4

by William Shakespeare

15,762 members

191 reviews

3.9

10 Members: lorax, henkl, foggidawn, thorold, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Importance of Being Earnest

12,121 members

196 reviews

4.2

10 Members: lorax, hipdeep, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, smithjr, ahef1963, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda

6

6,547 members

83 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: lorax, hipdeep, eromsted, inge87, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, smithjr, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by William Shakespeare

19,515 members

151 reviews

4

9 Members: Edward, lorax, foggidawn, aulsmith, spiphany, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

8

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

14,657 members

189 reviews

3.9

9 Members: henkl, aulsmith, spiphany, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, jeffza, alittleheadache, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

12,317 members

115 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, hipdeep, foggidawn, AnnaClaire, ncgraham, si, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza

10

A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams

9,244 members

114 reviews

3.9

9 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, thorold, aulsmith, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

11

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,835 members

104 reviews

4.2

9 Members: lorax, hipdeep, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, spiphany, ahef1963, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

7,467 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: hipdeep, thorold, acenturyofsleep, ncgraham, spiphany, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda

13

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

6,407 members

87 reviews

3.8

8 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, alittleheadache, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

14

by Henrik Ibsen

6,204 members

113 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: eromsted, foggidawn, thorold, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

22,396 members

203 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by Arthur Miller

17,910 members

186 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: eromsted, acenturyofsleep, Bluewolf0411, kerrygiven, jeffza, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by William Shakespeare

12,528 members

131 reviews

4

8 Members: lorax, foggidawn, inge87, aulsmith, si, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda,ncgraham

18

by William Shakespeare

7,051 members

99 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, foggidawn, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza, Nonconformisto

19

Julius Caesar (New Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

2,837 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, spiphany, si, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Arsenic and Old Lace : A Play in Three Acts

by Joseph Kesselring

749 members

8 reviews

4

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, smithjr, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Friederike.Geissler, ManWithAnAgenda

21

7,621 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: Edward, lorax, aulsmith, smithjr, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by William Shakespeare

6,620 members

58 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, inge87, aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963

23

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

32,946 members

308 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, ahef1963, kerrygiven, Friederike.Geissler

24

by William Shakespeare

8,711 members

77 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, foggidawn, ncgraham, smithjr, ahef1963

25

Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

8,566 members

102 reviews

4.1

5 Members: foggidawn, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, smithjr, kerrygiven

26

A Man for All Seasons

3,569 members

35 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, inge87, thorold, Bluewolf0411, jeffza, gorgeousgael,ncgraham

27

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

by Tennessee Williams

3,328 members

39 reviews

4.1

5 Members: foggidawn, thorold, ncgraham, gorgeousgael, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Aristophanes

3,226 members

47 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, hipdeep, spiphany, ahef1963, kerrygiven

29

Under Milk Wood

by Dylan Thomas

3,030 members

40 reviews

4.1

5 Members: henkl, eromsted, thorold, jeffza, gorgeousgael

30

An Ideal Husband

1,563 members

37 reviews

3.9

5 Members: foggidawn, aulsmith, smithjr, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

1,383 members

15 reviews

3.9

5 Members: henkl, eromsted, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, spiphany

32

The Lion in Winter

by James Goldman

733 members

13 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: hipdeep, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, smithjr, Bluewolf0411

33

Bacchae [Greek text]

367 members

3 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Edward, henkl, aulsmith, spiphany, kerrygiven

34

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

13,203 members

126 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

by George Bernard Shaw

7,720 members

95 reviews

3.9

4 Members: AnnaClaire, acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ahef1963

36

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

6,241 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Edward, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza

37

by Thornton Wilder

5,908 members

80 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,ncgraham

38

by Christopher Marlowe

5,680 members

88 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thorold, aulsmith, ahef1963, alittleheadache, ManWithAnAgenda,ncgraham

39

Medea [in Translation]

3,432 members

68 reviews

3.8

4 Members: henkl, smithjr, spiphany, kerrygiven

40

Arcadia: A Play

by Tom Stoppard

3,009 members

59 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Edward, hipdeep, kerrygiven, gorgeousgael

41

by August Wilson

2,177 members

21 reviews

3.8

4 Members: eromsted, ncgraham, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

42

The Miracle Worker A Play In Three Acts

by William Gibson

2,050 members

31 reviews

3.9

4 Members: acenturyofsleep, smithjr, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963

43

The Threepenny Opera

by Bertolt Brecht

1,806 members

21 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ahef1963, alittleheadache

44

by Henrik Ibsen

1,740 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: foggidawn, thorold, acenturyofsleep, kerrygiven

45

Amadeus: A Play in Two Acts

by Peter Shaffer

1,357 members

21 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smithjr, Bluewolf0411, kerrygiven, gorgeousgael

46

by Michael Frayn

1,142 members

25 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, MDGentleReader, gorgeousgael

47

by Michael Frayn

685 members

17 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, MDGentleReader, smithjr

48

by Brandon Thomas

192 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: hipdeep, foggidawn, aulsmith, smithjr

49

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

10,024 members

99 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: inge87, aulsmith, smithjr, ahef1963, Nonconformisto,lorax ,thorold

50

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

5,597 members

52 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, ncgraham, ahef1963

51

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

4,992 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: AnnaClaire, smithjr, ahef1963, kerrygiven,ncgraham

52

King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

4,810 members

63 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, smithjr, ahef1963

53

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

3,895 members

63 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ahef1963

54

Murder in the Cathedral

3,523 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: hipdeep, inge87, ahef1963

55

Inherit the Wind

by Jerome Lawrence

2,643 members

34 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963

56

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare

2,575 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ahef1963

57

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare

2,137 members

32 reviews

3.2

3 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ahef1963

58

Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello

1,657 members

38 reviews

3.8

3 Members: acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, ahef1963

59

Lady Windermere's Fan

1,215 members

38 reviews

3.8

3 Members: foggidawn, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Inspector General

by Nikolai Gogol

1,075 members

10 reviews

4.1

3 Members: henkl, spiphany, kerrygiven

61

Fiddler on the Roof [play]

by Joseph Stein

714 members

20 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ManWithAnAgenda

62

The Lady's Not for Burning

by Christopher Fry

497 members

7 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: acenturyofsleep, aulsmith, spiphany

63

The Man Who Came to Dinner

by George S. Kaufman

273 members

5 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ncgraham, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda

64

West Side Story: A Musical (Book/Libretto)

by Arthur Laurents

105 members

3.9

3 Members: aulsmith, smithjr, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

5,293 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: foggidawn, AnnaClaire, ahef1963,ncgraham

66

Long Day's Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill

3,905 members

43 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, gorgeousgael

67

Henry IV, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

2,736 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

68

2,268 members

33 reviews

3.8

2 Members: henkl, spiphany

69

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

2,151 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: thorold, spiphany

70

by William Shakespeare

2,004 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: eromsted, ahef1963

71

by Jean Anouilh

1,611 members

19 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

72

Twelve Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts

by Reginald Rose

1,440 members

52 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

73

by Margaret Edson

1,325 members

23 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lorax, foggidawn

74

by George Bernard Shaw

1,292 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aulsmith, si

75

by Karel Čapek

1,203 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

76

by Jean Anouilh

1,031 members

18 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, aulsmith

77

The Laramie Project

by Moisés Kaufman

1,010 members

20 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

78

by Friedrich Schiller

948 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: inge87, ncgraham

79

The Frogs [in translation]

by Aristophanes

787 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: eromsted, ahef1963

80

Six Degrees of Separation

666 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lorax, hipdeep

81

Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play

by James Baldwin

653 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

82

The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presentsThe Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr

632 members

11 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lorax, hipdeep

83

You Can't Take It With You

566 members

8 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

84

477 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, Nonconformisto

85

Britannica Great Books: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler

by Encyclopedia Britannica

469 members

2 reviews

3.8

2 Members: eromsted, spiphany

86

Brighton Beach Memoirs

447 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Mourning Becomes Electra

by Eugene O'Neill

396 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

88

379 members

7 reviews

3.8

2 Members: foggidawn, si

89

by Martin Sherman

373 members

4 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

90

The Boys in the Band: A Play in Two Acts

by Mart Crowley

347 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

91

1776: a musical play

by Sherman Edwards

316 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: aulsmith, smithjr

92

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Heinar Kipphardt

250 members

4 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, spiphany

93

The Good Doctor

186 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

94

A Soldier's Play

by Charles Fuller

180 members

2 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, Nonconformisto

95

Methuen Student Editions : Fo : Accidental Death of an Anarchist {Nye}

by Joseph Farrell

157 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: eromsted, ahef1963

96

The White Liars, and Black Comedy: Two One-Act Plays

by Peter Shaffer

109 members

4.2

2 Members: kerrygiven, Nonconformisto

97

The Trip to Bountiful: play

by Horton Foote

90 members

3 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: inge87, ManWithAnAgenda

98

Life with Father [play]

by Howard Lindsay

57 members

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

99

Another Part of the Forest

by Lillian Hellman

39 members

1 review

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, tottman

100

The King and I (Libretto)

by Richard Rodgers

23 members

4

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

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