Prompts

What are the best must-read plays?

By
@Amax
Ash

Drama pre-dates prose by several centuries, meaning that there are thousands of plays to be read and enjoyed. What are your favourite and must-read plays?

The Tempest

1611 • 375 Readers • 211 pages 3.9

Richard III

#8 of 8 in Wars of the Roses

1593 • 115 Readers • 209 pages 3.9

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1595 • 718 Readers • 166 pages 3.9

The beggar's opera

1728 • 12 Readers • 116 pages 2.7

A Streetcar Named Desire

1947 • 380 Readers • 107 pages 3.9

The Crucible

1971 • 636 Readers • 484 pages 3.6

The Importance of Being Earnest

1893 • 698 Readers • 84 pages 4.2

A Doll's House

1879 • 206 Readers • 86 pages 3.7

M. Butterfly

1988 • 23 Readers • 113 pages 3.6

The Visit

1956 • 59 Readers • 112 pages 3.6

Leben des Galilei

2013 • 12 Readers • 106 pages 3.3

Goodnight Desdemona

2012 • 5 Readers • 112 pages 5

Lettres croiseés

2009 • 1 Reader • 47 pages

... Comme en 14!

2003 • 1 Reader • 123 pages