xii, 612 pages ; 24 cm

The Drama 100 is sure to engage students and theatergoers in a spirited discussion of literary values. Each entry provides a plot summary and assessment, with an emphasis on details about the play's creation, critical reception, and contribution to literary and theatrical history. --from publisher description

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. King Lear -- 2. Oedipus the King -- 3. Hamlet -- 4. The Oresteia -- 5. Macbeth -- 6. Long Day's Journey into Night -- 7. Othello -- 8. Waiting for Godot -- 9. Medea -- 10. Twelfth Night -- 11. A Doll's House -- 12. The Cherry Orchard -- 13. The Bacchae -- 14. The Importance of Being Earnest -- 15. Antigone -- 16. Tartuffe -- 17. Antony and Cleopatra -- 18. Mother Courage and Her Children -- 19. Lysistrata -- 20. Doctor Faustus -- 21. Death of a salesman -- 22. Woyzeck -- 23. Volpone -- 24. Henry IV -- 25. The Way of the World -- 26. A Streetcar Named Desire -- 27. The Tempest -- 28. Major Barbara -- 29. Endgame -- 30. Sakuntala -- 31. Miss Julie -- 32. The Peony Pavilion -- 33. The Misanthrope -- 34. Three Sisters -- 35. Life Is a Dream -- 36. Hedda Gabler -- 37. The School for Scandal -- 38. The Playboy of the Western World -- 39. The Iceman Cometh -- 40. Love Suicide of Sonezaki -- 41. Everyman -- 42. Angels in America -- 43. A Midsummer Night's Dream -- 44. Six Characters in Search of an Author -- 45. Man and Superman -- 46. Phèdre -- 47. Romeo and Juliet -- 48. Look Back in Anger -- 49. The Homecoming -- 50. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- 51. The Plough and the Stars -- 52. The Alchemist -- 53. Trojan Women -- 54. Saint Joan -- 55. Blood Wedding -- 56. The Marriage of Figaro -- 57. The Glass Menagerie -- 58. The Good Person of Szechwan -- 59. She Stoops to Conquer -- 60. Murder in the Cathedral -- 61. The Bald Soprano -- 62. The Ghost Sonata -- 63. The Inspector General -- 64. The Crucible -- 65. Marat/Sade -- 66. Translations -- 67. The Beggar's Opera -- 68. Amphitryon -- 69. No Exit -- 70. A Raisin in the Sun -- 71. Our Town -- 72. The Country Wife -- 73. Travesties -- 74. The Lower Depths -- 75. Private Lives -- 76. Fool for Love -- 77. A Flea in Her Ear -- 78. Glengarry Glen Ross -- 79. King Ubu -- 80. Cloud 9 -- 81. At the Hawk's Well -- 82. Orpheus -- 83. "Master Harold" ... and the Boys -- 84. The Well-Curb -- 85. The Other Shore -- 86. The Little Foxes -- 87. Fences -- 88. The Dybbuk -- 89. The Visit -- 90. The Weavers -- 91. Le Cid -- 92. The Rover -- 93. Awake and Sing! -- 94. The Brothers -- 95. The Balcony -- 96. Accidental Death of an Anarchist -- 97. The Hostage -- 98. The Heidi Chronicles -- 99. The King's the Best Magistrate -- 100. Peter Pan

1. King Lear -- 2. Oedipus the King -- 3. Hamlet -- 4. The Oresteia -- 5. Macbeth -- 6. Long Day's Journey into Night -- 7. Othello -- 8. Waiting for Godot -- 9. Medea -- 10. Twelfth Night -- 11. A Doll's House -- 12. The Cherry Orchard -- 13. The Bacchae -- 14. The Importance of Being Earnest -- 15. Antigone -- 16. Tartuffe -- 17. Antony and Cleopatra -- 18. Mother Courage and Her Children -- 19. Lysistrata -- 20. Doctor Faustus -- 21. Death of a salesman -- 22. Woyzeck -- 23. Volpone -- 24. Henry IV -- 25. The Way of the World -- 26. A Streetcar Named Desire -- 27. The Tempest -- 28. Major Barbara -- 29. Endgame -- 30. Sakuntala -- 31. Miss Julie -- 32. The Peony Pavilion -- 33. The Misanthrope -- 34. Three Sisters -- 35. Life Is a Dream -- 36. Hedda Gabler -- 37. The School for Scandal -- 38. The Playboy of the Western World -- 39. The Iceman Cometh -- 40. Love Suicide of Sonezaki -- 41. Everyman -- 42. Angels in America -- 43. A Midsummer Night's Dream -- 44. Six Characters in Search of an Author -- 45. Man and Superman -- 46. Phedre -- 47. Romeo and Juliet -- 48. Look Back in Anger -- 49. The Homecoming -- 50. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- 51. The Plough and the Stars -- 52. The Alchemist -- 53. Trojan Women -- 54. Saint Joan -- 55. Blood Wedding -- 56. The Marriage of Figaro -- 57. The Glass Menagerie -- 58. The Good Person of Szechwan -- 59. She Stoops to Conquer -- 60. Murder in the Cathedral -- 61. The Bald Soprano -- 62. The Ghost Sonata -- 63. The Inspector General -- 64. The Crucible -- 65. Marat/Sade -- 66. Translations -- 67. The Beggar's Opera -- 68. Amphitryon -- 69. No Exit -- 70. A Raisin in the Sun -- 71. Our Town -- 72. The Country Wife -- 73. Travesties -- 74. The Lower Depths -- 75. Private Lives -- 76. Fool for Love -- 77. A Flea in Her Ear -- 78. Glengarry Glen Ross -- 79. King Ubu -- 80. Cloud 9 -- 81. At the Hawk's Well -- 82. Orpheus -- 83. "Master Harold" ... and the Boys -- 84. The Well-Curb -- 85. The Other Shore -- 86. The Little Foxes -- 87. Fences -- 88. The Dybbuk -- 89. The Visit -- 90. The Weavers -- 91. Le Cid -- 92. The Rover -- 93. Awake and Sing! -- 94. The Brothers -- 95. The Balcony -- 96. Accidental Death of an Anarchist -- 97. The Hostage -- 98. The Heidi Chronicles -- 99. The King's the Best Magistrate -- 100. Peter Pan

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