Plays every big theatre fan should read? — Page 2

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer - Conor McPherson

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Pianolin717, at first i agreed cuz i found it to be boring. Then i went back and looked at it again and after reilizing how much character work could be done and how rich the text could be given a good cast and director i found it to be much more effective.

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Camino Real and The Rimers of Eldritch.

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AGH! It's so hard for me to choose. Quick list:

Any and all Shakespeare. My top two are Macbeth and The Winter's Tale.

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford.

A Doll's House by Ibsen, because it changed theatre as we know it.

Lady Windermere's Fan by Wilde, because it was considered super scandalous in its day.

The Vortex and Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward.

Rock n' Roll and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, because both made me laugh out loud.

The Seafarer, Shining City, and The Weir by Conor McPherson.

The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh.

No Exit by Sartre.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry.

The History Boys by Alan Bennett.

And, of course, anything Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neil, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Edward Albee (especially The Goat), and Tennessee Williams.

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Updated On: 5/13/09 at 08:53 AM

The Crucible (Miller)
All My Sons (Miller)
Streetcar Named Desire (Williams)
The Glass Menagerie (Williams)
Waiting for Godot (Beckett)
Play About A Baby (Albee)
Arcadia (Stoppard)
Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead (Stoppard)
King Lear (Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)

Those are just off the top of my head. I know some of them have been listed already, but they're only being repeated because they're that good!