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CLASSIC PLAYS OF THE MODERN THEATRE
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No Exit and Three Other Plays (A Vintage Book)No Exit and Three Other Plays (A Vintage Book)
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No Exit was one of the premier Existentialist works of the theatre.
The StrangerThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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Another example of the alienation and isolation of the Modern Theatre
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two ActsWaiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
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"Waiting For Godot" was one of the classic works of the Absurdist movement. In the words of one of its own characters: "No one comes; no one goes; nothing happens; its Awful"!
Mother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
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Edward Albee's outstanding psychological treatment of the dysfunctional relationship between two academic types at a small New England college.
Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The ChairsFour Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco's classic absurdist plays.
Equus (Penguin Plays)Equus (Penguin Plays) by Peter Shaffer
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"Equus" is Peter Schaeffer's new classic about the tortured emotional life of a teenager obsessed with horses. Richard Burton played the psychologist in the movie.
Long Day's Journey into NightLong Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
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Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical story of his dysfunctional family: a has-been Stage actor for his father; an opium addict for a mother; and an alcoholic brother. Depressing, but brilliant.
A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams was a giant of the modern theatre. S T E L L A !!!!L
An Enemy of the People (Dover Thrift Editions)An Enemy of the People (Dover Thrift Editions) by Henrik Ibsen
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Ibsen: 4 Major Plays, Vol. 2: Ghosts/An Enemy of the People/The Lady from the Sea/John Gabriel Borkman (Signet Classics)Ibsen: 4 Major Plays, Vol. 2: Ghosts/An Enemy of the People/The Lady from the Sea/John Gabriel Borkman (Signet Classics) by Henrik Johan Ibsen
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Ibsen reveals his great talent in: An Enemy of The People"; Ghosts; John Gabriel Borkman; The Master Builder.
Chekhov: The Four Major Plays: Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry OrchardChekhov: The Four Major Plays: Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
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Chekov Wrote a number of Classics includingThe Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; Cherry Orchard.
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; MimesKrapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; Mimes by Samuel Beckett
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Ibsen:  The Complete Major Prose PlaysIbsen: The Complete Major Prose Plays by Henrik Ibsen
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Hedda Gabler; The Master Builder; An Enemy of the People.
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955 (Library of America)Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955 (Library of America) by Tennessee Williams
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The Big Ones: Summer and Smoke; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; A Streetcar Named Desire, etc.
The Portable Arthur Miller (Penguin Classics)The Portable Arthur Miller (Penguin Classics) by Arthur Miller
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The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; View from the Bridge; Night of the Iguana.
The Theatre of Revolt: Studies in modern drama from Ibsen to GenetThe Theatre of Revolt: Studies in modern drama from Ibsen to Genet by Robert Brustein
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The Theatre of the AbsurdThe Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin
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The Making of Modern DramaThe Making of Modern Drama by Richard Gilman
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