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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 629 times as theater)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,033,353 ratings — published 1601
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 624 times as theater)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,792,365 ratings — published 1590
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 528 times as theater)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,004,575 ratings — published 1623
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 433 times as theater)
avg rating 3.94 — 573,118 ratings — published 1595
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 395 times as theater)
avg rating 3.84 — 219,512 ratings — published 1951
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 369 times as theater)
avg rating 3.89 — 431,957 ratings — published 1603
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King Lear King Lear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as theater)
avg rating 3.91 — 234,862 ratings — published 1605
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The Tempest The Tempest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 299 times as theater)
avg rating 3.78 — 224,645 ratings — published 1611
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The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 290 times as theater)
avg rating 4.17 — 401,509 ratings — published 1895
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 278 times as theater)
avg rating 3.98 — 331,630 ratings — published 1947
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Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 266 times as theater)
avg rating 3.59 — 256,039 ratings — published 1949
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Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as theater)
avg rating 4.06 — 256,573 ratings — published 1598
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as theater)
avg rating 3.71 — 217,178 ratings — published 1599
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The Crucible The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as theater)
avg rating 3.61 — 457,539 ratings — published 1953
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Twelfth Night Twelfth Night (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as theater)
avg rating 3.96 — 192,833 ratings — published 1623
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 220 times as theater)
avg rating 3.73 — 234,642 ratings — published -429
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The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as theater)
avg rating 3.78 — 200,847 ratings — published 1596
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The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as theater)
avg rating 3.74 — 179,440 ratings — published 1593
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A Doll's House A Doll's House (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as theater)
avg rating 3.77 — 161,362 ratings — published 1879
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 211 times as theater)
avg rating 3.68 — 173,335 ratings — published -441
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The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as theater)
avg rating 3.74 — 142,166 ratings — published 1945
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as theater)
avg rating 4.04 — 92,478 ratings — published 1967
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
by (shelved 165 times as theater)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,124,275 ratings — published 2016
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As You Like It As You Like It (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as theater)
avg rating 3.81 — 88,167 ratings — published 1599
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as theater)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,107 ratings — published 1962
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Medea Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as theater)
avg rating 3.95 — 85,782 ratings — published -431
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Richard III Richard III (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as theater)
avg rating 3.91 — 57,889 ratings — published 1593
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Lysistrata Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as theater)
avg rating 3.87 — 52,831 ratings — published -423
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Tartuffe Tartuffe (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as theater)
avg rating 3.66 — 42,747 ratings — published 1664
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Henry V Henry V (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as theater)
avg rating 3.85 — 52,721 ratings — published 1599
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as theater)
avg rating 4.06 — 64,013 ratings — published 1955
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A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as theater)
avg rating 3.85 — 108,894 ratings — published 1959
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Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as theater)
avg rating 4.06 — 90,092 ratings — published 1897
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Our Town Our Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as theater)
avg rating 3.74 — 58,567 ratings — published 1938
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as theater)
avg rating 4.02 — 46,195 ratings — published -458
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Pygmalion Pygmalion (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as theater)
avg rating 3.89 — 108,997 ratings — published 1913
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Dr. Faustus Dr. Faustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as theater)
avg rating 3.80 — 71,646 ratings — published 1588
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The Seagull The Seagull (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as theater)
avg rating 3.91 — 37,461 ratings — published 1895
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The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as theater)
avg rating 3.69 — 44,664 ratings — published 1903
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Long Day’s Journey into Night Long Day’s Journey into Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as theater)
avg rating 4.06 — 42,662 ratings — published 1956
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Hamilton: The Revolution Hamilton: The Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as theater)
avg rating 4.45 — 54,547 ratings — published 2015
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Endgame Endgame (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as theater)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,026 ratings — published 1957
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Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as theater)
avg rating 3.83 — 38,940 ratings — published 1890
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Six Characters in Search of an Author Six Characters in Search of an Author (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as theater)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,267 ratings — published 1921
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Rhinocéros Rhinocéros (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as theater)
avg rating 3.83 — 19,519 ratings — published 1959
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Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as theater)
avg rating 3.71 — 43,212 ratings — published 1606
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Phèdre Phèdre (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as theater)
avg rating 3.69 — 24,221 ratings — published 1677
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The Misanthrope The Misanthrope (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as theater)
avg rating 3.76 — 25,216 ratings — published 1666
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No Exit No Exit (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as theater)
avg rating 4.11 — 45,751 ratings — published 1944
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The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as theater)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,083 ratings — published 1594
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Constantin Stanislavski
“It is not enough to discover the secret of a play, its thought and feelings—the actor must be able to convert them into living terms.”
Konstantin Stanislavski, Creating A Role

Antonin Artaud
“I cannot conceive any work of art as having a separate existence from life itself”
Antonin Artaud, The Theater and Its Double

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