Best Plays of the 20th Century

1.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,105 ratings
2.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,159 ratings
3.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,760 ratings
4.
Endgame
Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 23,762 ratings
5.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,883 ratings
6.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night 4.06 avg rating — 42,394 ratings
7.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,298 ratings
8.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,051 ratings
9.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,115 ratings
10.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,810 ratings
11.
Angels in America
Angels in America 4.30 avg rating — 22,977 ratings
12.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross 3.87 avg rating — 18,295 ratings
13.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,564 ratings
14.
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard 3.69 avg rating — 44,046 ratings
15.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
16.
The Zoo Story and Other Plays
The Zoo Story and Other Plays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
17.
Travesties
Travesties 3.93 avg rating — 3,282 ratings
18.
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men 4.07 avg rating — 36,160 ratings
19.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,045 ratings
20.
Arcadia
Arcadia 4.13 avg rating — 23,781 ratings
21.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle 3.74 avg rating — 8,976 ratings
22.
Betrayal
Betrayal 3.93 avg rating — 8,595 ratings
23.
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones 3.80 avg rating — 3,173 ratings
23.
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 29,473 ratings
25.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party 3.71 avg rating — 12,852 ratings
26.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,630 ratings
27.
Galileo
Galileo 3.66 avg rating — 18,228 ratings
28.
Amadeus
Amadeus 4.15 avg rating — 18,795 ratings
29.
La Cantatrice chauve / La Leçon
La Cantatrice chauve / La Leçon 3.84 avg rating — 9,701 ratings
29.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera 3.88 avg rating — 14,165 ratings
31.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh 3.90 avg rating — 10,051 ratings
31.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author 3.83 avg rating — 22,013 ratings
33.
The Homecoming
The Homecoming 3.69 avg rating — 10,091 ratings
34.
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters 3.71 avg rating — 23,698 ratings
35.
Bodas de sangre
Bodas de sangre 3.88 avg rating — 32,197 ratings
36.
A Dream Play
A Dream Play 3.63 avg rating — 3,213 ratings
37.
Rhinocéros
Rhinocéros 3.83 avg rating — 19,082 ratings
38.
La casa de Bernarda Alba
La casa de Bernarda Alba 3.88 avg rating — 46,425 ratings
39.
Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral 3.71 avg rating — 12,138 ratings
40.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children 3.62 avg rating — 22,265 ratings
41.
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Good Woman of Setzuan 3.66 avg rating — 13,020 ratings
42.
The Balcony
The Balcony 3.81 avg rating — 3,332 ratings
43.
The Investigation
The Investigation 4.30 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
44.
Of Mice and Men: The Play
Of Mice and Men: The Play 4.08 avg rating — 527 ratings
45.
The Lady's Not for Burning
The Lady's Not for Burning 4.06 avg rating — 713 ratings
45.
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
47.
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts
Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts 4.19 avg rating — 15,394 ratings
47.
American Buffalo: A Play
American Buffalo: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 5,585 ratings
49.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,923 ratings
50.
Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba
Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba 4.15 avg rating — 3,931 ratings
51.
'Art'
'Art' 3.78 avg rating — 9,839 ratings
52.
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple 4.04 avg rating — 15,173 ratings
53.
Happy Days
Happy Days 3.84 avg rating — 7,280 ratings
54.
Buried Child
Buried Child 3.86 avg rating — 9,994 ratings
54.
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
56.
The ghost sonata
The ghost sonata 3.58 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
57.
Krapp's Last Tape & Embers
Krapp's Last Tape & Embers 4.01 avg rating — 4,931 ratings
58.
True West
True West 3.68 avg rating — 11,364 ratings
59.
Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House 3.74 avg rating — 2,712 ratings
60.
Lecon
Lecon 3.61 avg rating — 2,067 ratings
61.
Antigone
Antigone 3.77 avg rating — 29,271 ratings
62.
Yerma
Yerma 3.94 avg rating — 13,093 ratings
63.
El arquitecto y el emperador de Asiria
El arquitecto y el emperador de Asiria 3.55 avg rating — 94 ratings
64.
The Blacks
The Blacks 3.54 avg rating — 729 ratings
65.
The Chairs
The Chairs 3.86 avg rating — 3,454 ratings
66.
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu 3.77 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
67.
Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke 3.99 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
67.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,548 ratings
69.
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy 3.67 avg rating — 35,996 ratings
70.
Assassins
Assassins 4.25 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
70.
Εξορία
Εξορία 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
70.
The Collected Plays of Peter Shaffer
The Collected Plays of Peter Shaffer 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings
70.
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men 4.24 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
74.
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata 4.27 avg rating — 267 ratings
75.
Naked Masks: Five Plays
Naked Masks: Five Plays 4.09 avg rating — 388 ratings
75.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace 4.14 avg rating — 24,646 ratings
77.
Angajare de clovn
Angajare de clovn 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
78.
Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο
Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο 4.27 avg rating — 268 ratings
79.
Verkommenes Ufer, Medeamaterial, Landschaft mit Argonauten
Verkommenes Ufer, Medeamaterial, Landschaft mit Argonauten 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
80.
Five Plays: Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / The Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard
Five Plays: Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / The Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard 4.17 avg rating — 6,710 ratings
81.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Joe Turner's Come and Gone 3.96 avg rating — 3,394 ratings
81.
No Exit
No Exit 4.11 avg rating — 44,800 ratings
83.
Christopher Durang Volume I: 27 Short Plays
Christopher Durang Volume I: 27 Short Plays 4.20 avg rating — 486 ratings
83.
Die Physiker
Die Physiker 3.89 avg rating — 41,201 ratings
83.
The American Dream
The American Dream 3.31 avg rating — 429 ratings
83.
The Four Major Plays: The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / Three Sisters / Cherry Orchard
The Four Major Plays: The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / Three Sisters / Cherry Orchard 4.12 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
87.
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare 3.98 avg rating — 2,694 ratings
87.
Trotsky in exile;
Trotsky in exile; 4.17 avg rating — 46 ratings
89.
Beyond Therapy
Beyond Therapy 3.84 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
90.
Caligula
Caligula 4.10 avg rating — 16,336 ratings
91.
Miss Julie
Miss Julie 3.42 avg rating — 16,768 ratings
91.
The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death 3.63 avg rating — 776 ratings
93.
Jedermann. Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes
Jedermann. Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes 3.32 avg rating — 683 ratings
93.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths 3.77 avg rating — 5,166 ratings
93.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
The Beauty Queen of Leenane 4.07 avg rating — 3,384 ratings
96.
Le diable et le bon dieu
Le diable et le bon dieu 4.08 avg rating — 2,329 ratings
97.
Le cimetière des voitures
Le cimetière des voitures 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
98.
The Harry and Sam Dialogues
The Harry and Sam Dialogues 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
99.
Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating — 9,494 ratings
100.
J.B.: A Play in Verse
J.B.: A Play in Verse 3.73 avg rating — 1,764 ratings
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