Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time

101.
The Imaginary Invalid
The Imaginary Invalid
by: Molière
3.62 avg rating — 18,691 ratings
102.
The Inspector General
The Inspector General 3.96 avg rating — 18,659 ratings
103.
American Buffalo: A Play
American Buffalo: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 5,585 ratings
104.
The Miser
The Miser
by: Molière
3.56 avg rating — 36,139 ratings
105.
Man and Superman
Man and Superman 3.85 avg rating — 4,661 ratings
106.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party 3.71 avg rating — 12,852 ratings
107.
Top Girls
Top Girls 3.58 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
107.
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century 3.93 avg rating — 23,925 ratings
109.
She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer 3.65 avg rating — 12,184 ratings
110.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth 3.83 avg rating — 5,107 ratings
111.
The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors 3.72 avg rating — 33,664 ratings
112.
A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance 3.87 avg rating — 16,240 ratings
113.
Electra
Electra
by: Sophocles
3.82 avg rating — 13,851 ratings
114.
Wit
Wit 4.14 avg rating — 17,229 ratings
115.
Le Cid
Le Cid 3.59 avg rating — 16,446 ratings
116.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
117.
Spring's Awakening
Spring's Awakening 3.82 avg rating — 14,079 ratings
118.
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George 4.17 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
119.
'night, Mother
'night, Mother 3.91 avg rating — 12,567 ratings
120.
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias 4.27 avg rating — 17,755 ratings
121.
The Balcony
The Balcony 3.81 avg rating — 3,332 ratings
122.
Volpone and Other Plays
Volpone and Other Plays 3.53 avg rating — 319 ratings
123.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot 4.22 avg rating — 4,356 ratings
124.
Camelot
Camelot 4.05 avg rating — 347 ratings
125.
Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi 3.55 avg rating — 7,301 ratings
126.
The Sound of Music - Piano Solo Lelections (No Lyrics)
The Sound of Music - Piano Solo Lelections (No Lyrics) 4.36 avg rating — 894 ratings
127.
Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein, Based on the Novel by Mary Shelley
by: Nick Dear
4.09 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
128.
The Caretaker
The Caretaker 3.66 avg rating — 4,292 ratings
129.
Oleanna
Oleanna 3.60 avg rating — 9,840 ratings
130.
Fifth of July
Fifth of July 3.83 avg rating — 647 ratings
131.
The Rose Tattoo
The Rose Tattoo 3.68 avg rating — 2,641 ratings
132.
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood 4.02 avg rating — 10,435 ratings
133.
The Plough and the Stars
The Plough and the Stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
133.
'Art'
'Art' 3.78 avg rating — 9,838 ratings
135.
Of Mice and Men: The Play
Of Mice and Men: The Play 4.08 avg rating — 527 ratings
136.
Clinically Un-Depressed
Clinically Un-Depressed 4.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
137.
Six Degrees of Separation: A Play
Six Degrees of Separation: A Play 3.99 avg rating — 6,748 ratings
137.
Angelica and Francesca
Angelica and Francesca 4.57 avg rating — 407 ratings
137.
The Puzzler
The Puzzler 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
140.
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries 3.99 avg rating — 1,263 ratings
141.
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
by: Moss Hart
3.98 avg rating — 8,914 ratings
142.
Proof
Proof really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,954 ratings
142.
Cabaret
Cabaret 3.93 avg rating — 20,488 ratings
142.
Harvey
Harvey 4.08 avg rating — 9,848 ratings
145.
Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock / The Shadow of a Gunman / The Plow and the Stars
Three Plays: Juno and the Paycock / The Shadow of a Gunman / The Plow and the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
146.
Gypsy: A Musical
Gypsy: A Musical 4.27 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
147.
Cloud 9
Cloud 9 3.61 avg rating — 8,113 ratings
148.
The Night of the Iguana
The Night of the Iguana 3.86 avg rating — 5,764 ratings
149.
Die Physiker
Die Physiker 3.89 avg rating — 41,201 ratings
150.
The Real Thing
The Real Thing 3.91 avg rating — 4,894 ratings
151.
Cymbeline
Cymbeline 3.60 avg rating — 11,595 ratings
152.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure 3.67 avg rating — 30,561 ratings
153.
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces 3.92 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
154.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
The Beauty Queen of Leenane 4.07 avg rating — 3,384 ratings
155.
The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Band 4.03 avg rating — 1,280 ratings
156.
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck 3.80 avg rating — 10,895 ratings
157.
Salomé
Salomé 3.71 avg rating — 20,197 ratings
158.
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays 4.23 avg rating — 51,612 ratings
159.
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson 3.81 avg rating — 10,039 ratings
160.
Travesties
Travesties 3.93 avg rating — 3,282 ratings
161.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
by: Dario Fo
4.16 avg rating — 5,921 ratings
162.
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
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 4.01 avg rating — 4,973 ratings
163.
Translations
Translations 3.85 avg rating — 9,745 ratings
164.
Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts
Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts 3.95 avg rating — 4,312 ratings
165.
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues 3.87 avg rating — 37,998 ratings
166.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner 4.05 avg rating — 5,044 ratings
167.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays 4.06 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
168.
The Hairy Ape
The Hairy Ape 3.46 avg rating — 3,283 ratings
169.
The Lady's Not for Burning
The Lady's Not for Burning 4.06 avg rating — 713 ratings
170.
The Master Builder
The Master Builder 3.80 avg rating — 4,506 ratings
171.
Incendies
Incendies 4.39 avg rating — 12,714 ratings
172.
Wilhelm Tell
Wilhelm Tell 3.21 avg rating — 8,822 ratings
173.
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by: Euripides
3.88 avg rating — 12,271 ratings
173.
Galileo
Galileo 3.66 avg rating — 18,227 ratings
175.
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra 3.67 avg rating — 2,234 ratings
176.
The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic
The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic 3.85 avg rating — 3,165 ratings
177.
The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks 4.04 avg rating — 514 ratings
177.
The Mousetrap and Other Plays
The Mousetrap and Other Plays 4.04 avg rating — 6,505 ratings
179.
Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy 4.25 avg rating — 2,457 ratings
180.
Candida
Candida 3.67 avg rating — 3,018 ratings
181.
Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur 4.17 avg rating — 1,869 ratings
182.
Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark 4.11 avg rating — 2,216 ratings
182.
Fool for Love
Fool for Love 3.91 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
184.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe 4.31 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
185.
Children of a Lesser God
Children of a Lesser God 3.99 avg rating — 1,848 ratings
186.
Kean.
Kean. 3.58 avg rating — 235 ratings
187.
The Zoo Story
The Zoo Story 3.91 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
188.
Cactus Flower
Cactus Flower 3.28 avg rating — 53 ratings
188.
True West
True West 3.68 avg rating — 11,364 ratings
190.
4.48 Psychosis
4.48 Psychosis 4.22 avg rating — 7,884 ratings
191.
Mandragola
Mandragola 3.44 avg rating — 5,903 ratings
192.
Ginger Man
Ginger Man 3.61 avg rating — 11,100 ratings
192.
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet 4.10 avg rating — 243 ratings
194.
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts 4.17 avg rating — 848 ratings
195.
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple 4.04 avg rating — 15,174 ratings
195.
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts 4.31 avg rating — 14,079 ratings
197.
Rhinocéros
Rhinocéros 3.83 avg rating — 19,082 ratings
198.
Eurydice
Eurydice 4.12 avg rating — 4,864 ratings
199.
La vida es sueño
La vida es sueño 3.93 avg rating — 26,844 ratings
200.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths 3.77 avg rating — 5,166 ratings
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