Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time

1.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,115 ratings
2.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,060 ratings
3.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,685 ratings
4.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,586 ratings
5.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,098 ratings
6.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,038 ratings
7.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,682 ratings
8.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,021 ratings
9.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,746 ratings
10.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,458 ratings
11.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,019 ratings
12.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,872 ratings
13.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,150 ratings
14.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,113 ratings
15.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,044 ratings
16.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,001 ratings
17.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,297 ratings
18.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,551 ratings
19.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,546 ratings
20.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,629 ratings
21.
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard 3.69 avg rating — 44,046 ratings
22.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,049 ratings
23.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,560 ratings
24.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 4.06 avg rating — 89,310 ratings
25.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,885 ratings
26.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,693 ratings
27.
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope
by: Molière
3.76 avg rating — 24,904 ratings
28.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,199 ratings
29.
Angels in America
Angels in America 4.30 avg rating — 22,975 ratings
30.
Arcadia
Arcadia 4.13 avg rating — 23,782 ratings
31.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night 4.06 avg rating — 42,393 ratings
32.
Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating — 57,228 ratings
33.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
by: Molière
3.66 avg rating — 42,284 ratings
34.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,810 ratings
35.
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,003 ratings
36.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,706 ratings
37.
Amadeus
Amadeus 4.15 avg rating — 18,792 ratings
38.
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan 3.92 avg rating — 26,620 ratings
39.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace 4.14 avg rating — 24,645 ratings
40.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera 3.88 avg rating — 14,165 ratings
41.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,372 ratings
42.
West Side Story
West Side Story 4.34 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
43.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,124 ratings
44.
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband 4.01 avg rating — 44,043 ratings
45.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,313 ratings
46.
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale 3.71 avg rating — 35,654 ratings
47.
Medea and Other Plays
Medea and Other Plays
by: Euripides
4.02 avg rating — 19,120 ratings
48.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross 3.87 avg rating — 18,295 ratings
49.
The Seagull
The Seagull 3.91 avg rating — 36,893 ratings
50.
The Miracle Worker: A Play
The Miracle Worker: A Play 4.19 avg rating — 35,075 ratings
51.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,379 ratings
52.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya 3.86 avg rating — 30,095 ratings
53.
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts 3.71 avg rating — 17,560 ratings
54.
Endgame
Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 23,762 ratings
55.
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 29,471 ratings
56.
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man 3.84 avg rating — 11,146 ratings
57.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,633 ratings
58.
Caligula
Caligula 4.10 avg rating — 16,336 ratings
59.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children 3.62 avg rating — 22,264 ratings
60.
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays 3.95 avg rating — 916 ratings
61.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating — 52,292 ratings
62.
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts 4.19 avg rating — 15,393 ratings
63.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4.18 avg rating — 14,595 ratings
64.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,351 ratings
65.
Equus
Equus 3.92 avg rating — 22,445 ratings
66.
The Frogs
The Frogs 3.79 avg rating — 9,013 ratings
67.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
68.
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men 4.07 avg rating — 36,159 ratings
69.
Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit 3.97 avg rating — 6,234 ratings
70.
An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls 3.82 avg rating — 44,058 ratings
71.
The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World 3.54 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
72.
The Zoo Story and Other Plays
The Zoo Story and Other Plays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
73.
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler 3.83 avg rating — 38,522 ratings
74.
Pirates of Penzance
Pirates of Penzance 4.04 avg rating — 997 ratings
75.
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa 3.72 avg rating — 4,888 ratings
76.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle 3.74 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
77.
Major Barbara
Major Barbara 3.66 avg rating — 7,244 ratings
77.
Betrayal
Betrayal 3.93 avg rating — 8,594 ratings
79.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh 3.90 avg rating — 10,050 ratings
80.
King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1 3.80 avg rating — 32,531 ratings
81.
The Homecoming
The Homecoming 3.69 avg rating — 10,091 ratings
82.
Phèdre
Phèdre 3.69 avg rating — 23,845 ratings
83.
Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating — 9,495 ratings
84.
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour 3.97 avg rating — 14,799 ratings
85.
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson 4.02 avg rating — 6,052 ratings
86.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus 3.72 avg rating — 18,999 ratings
87.
Edward II
Edward II 3.66 avg rating — 7,236 ratings
88.
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays 3.94 avg rating — 3,392 ratings
89.
Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts
Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts
by: Ira Levin
4.01 avg rating — 3,277 ratings
90.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter 4.22 avg rating — 10,073 ratings
91.
Dead Shambles
Dead Shambles 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
92.
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters 3.71 avg rating — 23,697 ratings
93.
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man 4.10 avg rating — 11,337 ratings
94.
Richard II
Richard II 3.78 avg rating — 27,039 ratings
95.
Blood Wedding and Yerma
Blood Wedding and Yerma 3.90 avg rating — 1,388 ratings
96.
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People 3.87 avg rating — 14,776 ratings
97.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra 3.98 avg rating — 5,126 ratings
98.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,876 ratings
99.
Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,696 ratings
100.
Trifles
Trifles 3.88 avg rating — 7,656 ratings
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