Best Plays of the 20th Century

101.
Elektra
Elektra 3.67 avg rating — 477 ratings
101.
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson
Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson 4.02 avg rating — 6,053 ratings
103.
Pandora's box; a tragedy in three acts
Pandora's box; a tragedy in three acts 3.21 avg rating — 128 ratings
103.
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms 3.68 avg rating — 1,959 ratings
103.
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour 3.97 avg rating — 14,798 ratings
106.
Προς Ελευσίνα
Προς Ελευσίνα 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
107.
Henry IV
Henry IV 3.80 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
107.
I giganti della montagna
I giganti della montagna 3.79 avg rating — 191 ratings
109.
God's Favorite
God's Favorite 3.40 avg rating — 255 ratings
109.
Gas
Gas 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings
111.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
111.
Proof
Proof really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,953 ratings
111.
Endgame & Act Without Words
Endgame & Act Without Words 3.92 avg rating — 11,102 ratings
114.
Claptrap: A farce
Claptrap: A farce 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
115.
The Diviners: A Play in Two Acts and Elegies
The Diviners: A Play in Two Acts and Elegies 3.98 avg rating — 326 ratings
116.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,875 ratings
116.
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer 3.94 avg rating — 7,608 ratings
118.
Princess Ivona; (Playscript, 13)
Princess Ivona; (Playscript, 13) 3.91 avg rating — 711 ratings
119.
Boys' Life
Boys' Life 3.27 avg rating — 140 ratings
119.
Major Barbara
Major Barbara 3.66 avg rating — 7,244 ratings
119.
Tango
Tango 3.86 avg rating — 17,496 ratings
122.
Der Schwierige. Lustspiel in drei Akten
Der Schwierige. Lustspiel in drei Akten 3.63 avg rating — 258 ratings
122.
The Sandbox & The Death of Bessie Smith
The Sandbox & The Death of Bessie Smith 3.60 avg rating — 371 ratings
122.
Les mouches
Les mouches 3.89 avg rating — 3,698 ratings
125.
The Foreigner
The Foreigner 4.01 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
125.
The Zoo Story
The Zoo Story 3.91 avg rating — 3,487 ratings
127.
Fool for Love
Fool for Love 3.91 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
128.
Right You Are!
Right You Are! 4.02 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
129.
The Marriage
The Marriage 3.80 avg rating — 363 ratings
130.
The Lover
The Lover 3.84 avg rating — 561 ratings
131.
The Caretaker
The Caretaker 3.66 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
132.
Ondine
Ondine 3.82 avg rating — 559 ratings
133.
The Road to Damascus: A Trilogy
The Road to Damascus: A Trilogy 3.70 avg rating — 221 ratings
134.
Becket
Becket really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
135.
The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World 3.54 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
136.
Kaspar
Kaspar 3.67 avg rating — 301 ratings
137.
La Cantatrice chauve
La Cantatrice chauve 3.76 avg rating — 7,008 ratings
138.
The Plough and the Stars
The Plough and the Stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
138.
Le Roi se meurt
Le Roi se meurt 3.76 avg rating — 3,198 ratings
140.
Juno And the Paycock
Juno And the Paycock 3.61 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
141.
What the Butler Saw
What the Butler Saw
by: Joe Orton
3.71 avg rating — 838 ratings
142.
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays 4.01 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
142.
Old Times
Old Times 3.76 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
144.
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Madwoman of Chaillot 3.73 avg rating — 438 ratings
145.
Lazarus Laughed
Lazarus Laughed 3.33 avg rating — 69 ratings
145.
Night Just Before the Forest
Night Just Before the Forest 3.78 avg rating — 480 ratings
147.
Loot
Loot
by: Joe Orton
3.81 avg rating — 693 ratings
148.
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Biedermann und die Brandstifter 3.65 avg rating — 6,838 ratings
149.
Dans la solitude des champs de coton
Dans la solitude des champs de coton 3.67 avg rating — 978 ratings
150.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth 3.83 avg rating — 5,107 ratings
151.
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa 3.72 avg rating — 4,889 ratings
152.
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance 3.35 avg rating — 130 ratings
152.
Hamletmachine
Hamletmachine 3.75 avg rating — 957 ratings
154.
Three Plays: Amédée / The New Tenant / Victims of Duty
Three Plays: Amédée / The New Tenant / Victims of Duty 3.85 avg rating — 183 ratings
154.
Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín
Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín 3.72 avg rating — 503 ratings
156.
Der Rosenkavalier / Jedermann / Der Schwierige.
Der Rosenkavalier / Jedermann / Der Schwierige. 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
157.
Phaedra's Love
Phaedra's Love 3.69 avg rating — 2,220 ratings
158.
Liolà - Così è
Liolà - Così è 3.82 avg rating — 412 ratings
158.
Far Away (Nick Hern Books Drama Classics)
Far Away (Nick Hern Books Drama Classics) 3.63 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
160.
Combat de nègre et de chiens: (suivi des) Carnets
Combat de nègre et de chiens: (suivi des) Carnets 3.63 avg rating — 297 ratings
161.
The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker 3.68 avg rating — 824 ratings
162.
Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea 3.59 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
162.
Les Bonnes
Les Bonnes 3.60 avg rating — 3,960 ratings
164.
Questa sera si recita a soggetto
Questa sera si recita a soggetto 3.74 avg rating — 485 ratings
165.
Back to Methuselah
Back to Methuselah 3.79 avg rating — 315 ratings
166.
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class 3.85 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
167.
The Respectful Prostitute
The Respectful Prostitute 3.48 avg rating — 2,576 ratings
168.
The Cocktail Party
The Cocktail Party 3.74 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
168.
Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir
Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir 3.52 avg rating — 128 ratings
170.
Lulu
Lulu 3.55 avg rating — 474 ratings
171.
A Dance of the Forests (A Three Crowns Book)
A Dance of the Forests (A Three Crowns Book) 3.57 avg rating — 168 ratings
172.
The Countess Cathleen
The Countess Cathleen 3.18 avg rating — 246 ratings
172.
Quai ouest
Quai ouest 3.54 avg rating — 191 ratings
174.
The Lark
The Lark 3.80 avg rating — 524 ratings
174.
Ping Pong
Ping Pong 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
176.
Professor Bernhardi
Professor Bernhardi 3.84 avg rating — 207 ratings
176.
Las Tetas de Tiresias
Las Tetas de Tiresias 3.12 avg rating — 181 ratings
178.
Cathleen ni Houlihan
Cathleen ni Houlihan 3.58 avg rating — 1,033 ratings
178.
At the Hawk's Well
At the Hawk's Well 3.10 avg rating — 136 ratings
180.
Ciascuno a suo modo
Ciascuno a suo modo 3.69 avg rating — 124 ratings
181.
Not I
Not I 4.03 avg rating — 1,136 ratings
182.
The Family Reunion
The Family Reunion 3.55 avg rating — 699 ratings
183.
Speed-the-Plow
Speed-the-Plow 3.65 avg rating — 2,240 ratings
184.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 3.81 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
185.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
by: Joe Orton
3.50 avg rating — 627 ratings
186.
The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts
The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts 3.82 avg rating — 2,180 ratings
187.
Play
Play 4.35 avg rating — 2,321 ratings
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