Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time

201.
What the Butler Saw
What the Butler Saw
by: Joe Orton
3.71 avg rating — 838 ratings
202.
Three Plays: The Father, Miss Julia, Easter
Three Plays: The Father, Miss Julia, Easter 3.62 avg rating — 202 ratings
203.
The Gin Game
The Gin Game 3.52 avg rating — 178 ratings
204.
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera
by: John Gay
3.40 avg rating — 3,990 ratings
204.
The History Boys
The History Boys 3.95 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
206.
The Way of the World and Other Plays
The Way of the World and Other Plays 3.53 avg rating — 93 ratings
207.
The Bacchae and Other Plays
The Bacchae and Other Plays
by: Euripides
4.14 avg rating — 6,416 ratings
208.
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays
Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays 4.07 avg rating — 4,462 ratings
209.
Three Plays: Blithe Spirit / Hay Fever / Private Lives
Three Plays: Blithe Spirit / Hay Fever / Private Lives 4.13 avg rating — 2,913 ratings
210.
The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones 3.35 avg rating — 2,524 ratings
210.
Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
Pygmalion / My Fair Lady 4.26 avg rating — 15,675 ratings
210.
Educating Rita
Educating Rita 3.70 avg rating — 5,012 ratings
210.
Quiet in the Land
Quiet in the Land 3.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
214.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs. Warren's Profession 3.67 avg rating — 6,669 ratings
215.
Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House 3.74 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
216.
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
by: Euripides
4.02 avg rating — 6,069 ratings
216.
Double Bill: Private Lives/Hayfever
Double Bill: Private Lives/Hayfever 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings
218.
Sleuth
Sleuth 4.11 avg rating — 765 ratings
218.
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu 3.77 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
220.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
by: Aeschylus
3.93 avg rating — 20,798 ratings
221.
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune 3.85 avg rating — 584 ratings
222.
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Cripple of Inishmaan 4.09 avg rating — 3,554 ratings
223.
Spring Storm
Spring Storm 3.57 avg rating — 247 ratings
224.
The Weir
The Weir 3.80 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
224.
Isn't it Romantic
Isn't it Romantic 3.49 avg rating — 191 ratings
226.
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest 3.70 avg rating — 98 ratings
227.
Antigone
Antigone 3.77 avg rating — 29,274 ratings
228.
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 15,988 ratings
229.
The Misanthrope and Other Plays
The Misanthrope and Other Plays
by: Molière
4.03 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
229.
Company: A Musical Comedy
Company: A Musical Comedy 4.20 avg rating — 3,169 ratings
231.
The Way of the World
The Way of the World 3.32 avg rating — 4,327 ratings
231.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy 4.01 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
233.
Philoctetes
Philoctetes
by: Sophocles
3.89 avg rating — 4,936 ratings
234.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
235.
Pippin
Pippin 3.91 avg rating — 542 ratings
235.
Don Juan
Don Juan
by: Molière
3.55 avg rating — 17,069 ratings
235.
Shadowlands: A Play
Shadowlands: A Play 4.13 avg rating — 526 ratings
235.
Les Justes
Les Justes 4.02 avg rating — 10,307 ratings
235.
Mojo
Mojo 3.79 avg rating — 326 ratings
235.
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stupid Fucking Bird 4.10 avg rating — 598 ratings
235.
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Madwoman of Chaillot 3.73 avg rating — 438 ratings
235.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,158 ratings
235.
Nicu II and Victoria's Incestuous Romance
Nicu II and Victoria's Incestuous Romance 4.40 avg rating — 465 ratings
235.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lieutenant of Inishmore 4.20 avg rating — 3,759 ratings
235.
[Eclipsed] (By: Patricia Burke Brogan) [published: August, 2008]
[Eclipsed] (By: Patricia Burke Brogan) [published: August, 2008] 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
246.
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
246.
Der Gestiefelte Kater: Kindermärchen In Drei Akten: Kindermärchen In Drei Akten. Mit Zwischenspielen, Einem Prologe Und Epiloge
Der Gestiefelte Kater: Kindermärchen In Drei Akten: Kindermärchen In Drei Akten. Mit Zwischenspielen, Einem Prologe Und Epiloge 3.66 avg rating — 843 ratings
246.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,257 ratings
246.
Buried Child
Buried Child 3.86 avg rating — 9,994 ratings
250.
The Peony Pavilion
The Peony Pavilion 4.05 avg rating — 339 ratings
251.
The Time of Your Life
The Time of Your Life 3.90 avg rating — 678 ratings
251.
Kinship
Kinship really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
251.
Mac Bird!
Mac Bird! 3.47 avg rating — 53 ratings
254.
The Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me
The Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me 4.28 avg rating — 766 ratings
254.
La dama del alba
La dama del alba 3.83 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
254.
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
257.
Such is life; a play in five acts
Such is life; a play in five acts 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
257.
A Whistle in the Dark
A Whistle in the Dark 3.64 avg rating — 102 ratings
257.
King Henry VI, Part 2
King Henry VI, Part 2 3.61 avg rating — 8,099 ratings
257.
Le spectateur condamné à mort
Le spectateur condamné à mort 3.48 avg rating — 711 ratings
261.
Clarence Darrow in Hell: A Play in Two Acts
Clarence Darrow in Hell: A Play in Two Acts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
261.
Cendrillon
Cendrillon 3.15 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
261.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,503 ratings
264.
Aria Da Capo
Aria Da Capo 4.03 avg rating — 149 ratings
264.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee 3.84 avg rating — 112 ratings
264.
Harold et Maude
Harold et Maude 4.07 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
267.
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten 4.02 avg rating — 3,978 ratings
267.
Comment vous racontez la partie
Comment vous racontez la partie 2.80 avg rating — 50 ratings
267.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 267,580 ratings
270.
Gypsy -- Broadway Revival Edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Gypsy -- Broadway Revival Edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127 ratings
270.
Hapgood: A Play
Hapgood: A Play 3.69 avg rating — 419 ratings
272.
The Complete Plays: The Hostage / The Quare Fellow / Richard's Cork Leg
The Complete Plays: The Hostage / The Quare Fellow / Richard's Cork Leg 4.08 avg rating — 296 ratings
272.
Knock
Knock 3.58 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
272.
R.U.R.
R.U.R. 3.84 avg rating — 16,745 ratings
272.
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating — 69,739 ratings
276.
Race
Race 3.56 avg rating — 474 ratings
277.
A Lie of the Mind
A Lie of the Mind 3.88 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
277.
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
by: Aeschylus
3.84 avg rating — 22,030 ratings
277.
Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae
Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae
by: Euripides
4.18 avg rating — 3,848 ratings
280.
Plays 1: The Lower Depths / Summerfolk / Children of the Sun / Barbarians / Enemies
Plays 1: The Lower Depths / Summerfolk / Children of the Sun / Barbarians / Enemies 3.68 avg rating — 60 ratings
280.
Le repas des fauves
Le repas des fauves 4.49 avg rating — 55 ratings
280.
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus 4.23 avg rating — 4,148 ratings
283.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 3.39 avg rating — 297 ratings
284.
Peter and the Starcatcher: Acting Edition
Peter and the Starcatcher: Acting Edition 4.18 avg rating — 541 ratings
285.
Hecuba
Hecuba
by: Euripides
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,989 ratings
286.
The Seafarer
The Seafarer 4.04 avg rating — 551 ratings
286.
The American Dream
The American Dream 3.31 avg rating — 429 ratings
286.
Alcestis
Alcestis
by: Euripides
3.85 avg rating — 4,827 ratings
289.
Iolanthe, or the Peer & the Peri: Vocal Score with Dialogue
Iolanthe, or the Peer & the Peri: Vocal Score with Dialogue 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
290.
Altona/Men without Shadows/The Flies
Altona/Men without Shadows/The Flies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 147 ratings
290.
The Mikado
The Mikado 3.83 avg rating — 403 ratings
290.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich 4.09 avg rating — 1,465 ratings
293.
The Veil
The Veil 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings
293.
Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts
Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts 3.89 avg rating — 5,586 ratings
293.
"The Castle" / "Scenes from an Execution" (Playscript 110)
"The Castle" / "Scenes from an Execution" (Playscript 110) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
296.
Pericles
Pericles 3.45 avg rating — 8,799 ratings
297.
South Pacific: Pro Vocal Mixed Volume 5 (Pro Vocal Women/Men Edition, 5)
South Pacific: Pro Vocal Mixed Volume 5 (Pro Vocal Women/Men Edition, 5) 3.58 avg rating — 151 ratings
298.
Never Swim Alone and This is a Play
Never Swim Alone and This is a Play 4.13 avg rating — 134 ratings
298.
The Phoenissae
The Phoenissae
by: Euripides
3.71 avg rating — 756 ratings
300.
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden 3.96 avg rating — 6,451 ratings
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