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Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12954 times as plays)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,893,430 ratings — published 1590
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 12324 times as plays)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,092,043 ratings — published 1601
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 11716 times as plays)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,057,516 ratings — published 1623
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9016 times as plays)
avg rating 3.94 — 594,489 ratings — published 1595
Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7540 times as plays)
avg rating 3.89 — 449,199 ratings — published 1603
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 6966 times as plays)
avg rating 4.17 — 416,289 ratings — published 1895
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 6860 times as plays)
avg rating 3.61 — 477,197 ratings — published 1953
A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 6526 times as plays)
avg rating 3.98 — 341,848 ratings — published 1947
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6490 times as plays)
avg rating 3.60 — 267,080 ratings — published 1949
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 6285 times as plays)
avg rating 3.84 — 229,052 ratings — published 1952
The Tempest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6002 times as plays)
avg rating 3.78 — 234,888 ratings — published 1611
King Lear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5884 times as plays)
avg rating 3.91 — 244,136 ratings — published 1605
Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5421 times as plays)
avg rating 4.06 — 263,629 ratings — published 1598
Twelfth Night (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5263 times as plays)
avg rating 3.96 — 198,631 ratings — published 1623
A Doll's House (Paperback)
by (shelved 5213 times as plays)
avg rating 3.77 — 170,510 ratings — published 1879
Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 5030 times as plays)
avg rating 3.72 — 226,225 ratings — published 1599
The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
by (shelved 4682 times as plays)
avg rating 3.74 — 145,990 ratings — published 1945
The Merchant of Venice (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4517 times as plays)
avg rating 3.77 — 207,610 ratings — published 1596
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 4389 times as plays)
avg rating 3.73 — 244,087 ratings — published -429
The Taming of the Shrew (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4084 times as plays)
avg rating 3.73 — 184,040 ratings — published 1593
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 4069 times as plays)
avg rating 3.69 — 184,306 ratings — published -441
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
by (shelved 3571 times as plays)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,173,411 ratings — published 2016
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 3431 times as plays)
avg rating 4.04 — 94,372 ratings — published 1967
As You Like It (Paperback)
by (shelved 3214 times as plays)
avg rating 3.81 — 91,461 ratings — published 1599
A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3049 times as plays)
avg rating 3.86 — 115,230 ratings — published 1959
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3047 times as plays)
avg rating 4.06 — 75,066 ratings — published 1962
Pygmalion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2967 times as plays)
avg rating 3.88 — 112,090 ratings — published 1913
Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2654 times as plays)
avg rating 3.96 — 91,149 ratings — published -431
Our Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 2448 times as plays)
avg rating 3.75 — 60,756 ratings — published 1938
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Paperback)
by (shelved 2446 times as plays)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,762 ratings — published 1955
Richard III (Paperback)
by (shelved 2426 times as plays)
avg rating 3.91 — 60,449 ratings — published 1593
Dr. Faustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2241 times as plays)
avg rating 3.80 — 74,221 ratings — published 1588
The Cherry Orchard (Paperback)
by (shelved 2115 times as plays)
avg rating 3.69 — 47,293 ratings — published 1903
Antony and Cleopatra (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2114 times as plays)
avg rating 3.71 — 45,422 ratings — published 1606
Henry V (Paperback)
by (shelved 2085 times as plays)
avg rating 3.84 — 54,516 ratings — published 1599
The Winter's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 1954 times as plays)
avg rating 3.71 — 37,819 ratings — published 1623
Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 1899 times as plays)
avg rating 3.86 — 54,928 ratings — published -423
Long Day’s Journey into Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 1887 times as plays)
avg rating 4.06 — 43,817 ratings — published 1956
Titus Andronicus (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1739 times as plays)
avg rating 3.67 — 35,674 ratings — published 1594
The Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 1737 times as plays)
avg rating 3.91 — 39,866 ratings — published 1895
No Exit (Paperback)
by (shelved 1715 times as plays)
avg rating 4.11 — 48,993 ratings — published 1944
The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)
by (shelved 1712 times as plays)
avg rating 3.72 — 35,740 ratings — published 1594
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Paperback)
by (shelved 1671 times as plays)
avg rating 4.00 — 72,348 ratings — published -450
King Henry IV, Part 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1666 times as plays)
avg rating 3.80 — 34,400 ratings — published 1597
Hedda Gabler (Paperback)
by (shelved 1660 times as plays)
avg rating 3.83 — 40,471 ratings — published 1890
Measure for Measure (Paperback)
by (shelved 1579 times as plays)
avg rating 3.68 — 32,333 ratings — published 1604
Arcadia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1568 times as plays)
avg rating 4.13 — 24,909 ratings — published 1993
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 1551 times as plays)
avg rating 4.02 — 48,630 ratings — published -458
Cyrano de Bergerac (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1546 times as plays)
avg rating 4.06 — 93,093 ratings — published 1897
Tartuffe (Paperback)
by (shelved 1530 times as plays)
avg rating 3.66 — 44,499 ratings — published 1664
“We can see the film stars of yesterday in yesterday’s films, hear the voices of poest and singers on a record, keep the plays of dead dramatists upon our bookshelves, but the actor who holds his audience captive for one brief moment upon a lighted stage vanishes forever when the curtain falls. ”
― The "Rebecca" Notebook: And Other Memories
― The "Rebecca" Notebook: And Other Memories
“Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.'
Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening.
Excursions', said Magrat patienly.
Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said.
Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.”
― Wyrd Sisters
Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening.
Excursions', said Magrat patienly.
Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said.
Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.”
― Wyrd Sisters
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