I read quite a lot, mostly novels and non fiction, and I'd like to read more plays. I only know pretty famous ones , but I read Look Back In Anger by John Osborne a few years ago when I was on vacation and had limited access to books, and I remember I really enjoyed it.
I've read the famous Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams ones and some Shakespeare. I'd love your recommendations. Thanks!
by tough_guy_420
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What about Fences by August Wilson?
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Firebugs by Max Frisch or maybe Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
‘Lysistrata’ by Aristophanes. Ancient Greek sex comedy.
‘The Mandrake Root’ by Machiavelli. (Yes, that Machiavelli) Renaissance Italian sex comedy.
The Rivals by R B Sheridan
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Equus by Peter Shafer
Six Characters in Search of an Author–Luigi Pirandello
The Sunset Limited – Cormac Mccarthy
Hurray! I like reading plays, too. I love the “other” Renaissance playwrights and Jacobean plays, and recently reread Christopher Marlowe, John Webster, Thomas Middleton, and my fave Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore.
If in a more modern mood, I like short one-acts by Sam Shepherd.
And, if wanting something very modern, I recommend Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. It’s all 12 episode scripts.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
(Honestly anything by Oscar Wilde)…
The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
If you like black comedy, this is a great one.
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan Lori-Parks
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe by Edward Albee
The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet. Also Glengarry Glen Ross
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
The Odd Couple or Barefoot In The Park by Neil Simon
*A Raisin in the Sun* by Lorraine Hansberry
The Maids by Jean Genet!