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Rank Title Author Added

1

by William Shakespeare

37,420 members

336 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

32,936 members

308 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by William Shakespeare

29,964 members

261 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

22,388 members

203 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by William Shakespeare

19,508 members

151 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by William Shakespeare

15,760 members

191 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

14,652 members

189 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

14,289 members

139 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

13,069 members

126 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by William Shakespeare

12,526 members

131 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

12,311 members

115 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Importance of Being Earnest

12,115 members

196 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams

9,243 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,835 members

104 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

7,618 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

7,466 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

6,413 members

87 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Henrik Ibsen

6,201 members

113 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

by Thornton Wilder

5,911 members

80 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

by Edward Albee

5,222 members

81 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

by Tennessee Williams

3,330 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Julius Caesar (New Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

2,834 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

An Ideal Husband

1,565 members

37 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Oedipus at Colonus (translation)

663 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Republic of Plato

25,616 members

163 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

by William Shakespeare

17,184 members

168 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

27

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

10,027 members

99 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

28

by William Shakespeare

8,709 members

77 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

29

by George Bernard Shaw

7,708 members

95 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

30

by William Shakespeare

7,049 members

99 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

31

by William Shakespeare

6,624 members

58 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

32

6,544 members

83 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

33

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

6,239 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

34

by Christopher Marlowe

5,675 members

88 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

35

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

5,601 members

52 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

36

The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

5,302 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

37

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

4,991 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

38

King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

4,809 members

63 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

39

Long Day's Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill

3,907 members

43 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

40

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

3,897 members

63 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

41

A Man for All Seasons

3,564 members

35 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

42

Murder in the Cathedral

3,526 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

43

by William Shakespeare

3,190 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

44

Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

3,165 members

58 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

45

Henry IV, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

2,744 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

46

Love's Labour's Lost

by William Shakespeare

2,670 members

44 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

47

Inherit the Wind

by Jerome Lawrence

2,648 members

34 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

48

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare

2,584 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

49

All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

2,518 members

30 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

50

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare

2,363 members

49 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

51

by Peter Shaffer

2,358 members

23 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

by August Wilson

2,175 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare

2,142 members

32 reviews

3.2

Member: ahef1963

54

The Miracle Worker A Play In Three Acts

by William Gibson

2,049 members

31 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

55

by William Shakespeare

2,003 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

56

The Misanthrope

1,814 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

57

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

by William Shakespeare

1,644 members

33 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

58

by William Shakespeare

1,610 members

31 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

59

by William Shakespeare

1,593 members

24 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

60

Timon of Athens

by William Shakespeare

1,583 members

29 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

61

Henry VI, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

1,298 members

27 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ahef1963

62

by George Bernard Shaw

1,293 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

63

Arms and the Man

by George Bernard Shaw

1,246 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

64

Lady Windermere's Fan

1,215 members

38 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

Henry VI, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

1,124 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

66

Henry VI, Part 3

by William Shakespeare

1,035 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

67

by Aristophanes

908 members

17 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

68

Doubt: A Parable

by John Patrick Shanley

882 members

18 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

69

"Master Harold" … and the Boys

by Athol Fugard

863 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

70

by August Strindberg

756 members

11 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ahef1963

71

Brighton Beach Memoirs

447 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

72

Mourning Becomes Electra

by Eugene O'Neill

395 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

379 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Boys in the Band: A Play in Two Acts

by Mart Crowley

347 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

Lost in Yonkers

317 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay

by Lorraine Hansberry

281 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts

by John Steinbeck

223 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

Plaza Suite; a Comedy in Three Acts

163 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

79

The Seven Year Itch

by George Axelrod

68 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

Shakespeare in Love

24 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

9 members

2 reviews

3

Member: ahef1963

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