 | Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Buy new: $8.54 / Used from: $0.01 This epic drama, winner of the Tony Award for Best Play of 1993 and The Pulitzer Prize, is one of, if not the best contemporary play of our time.
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 | Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika by Tony Kushner
Buy new: $11.07 / Used from: $0.01 The sequal to Millenium Approaches and winner of the Tony Award for Best Play of 1994. This concludes the Angels saga.
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 | The Mammary Plays : How I Learned to Drive and The Mineola Twins by Paula Vogel
Buy new: $14.41 / Used from: $1.53 This collection is on this list mostly because of How I Learned to Drive, winner of the Obie and 1998 Pulitzer Prize. The Mineola Twins is also a great farce. A must own collection!
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 | Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West) by Sam Shepard
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.72 Sam Shepard is an amazing dramatist. His bitting plays tear apart the family structure. These are some of his best.
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 | Five Plays by Michael Weller
Buy new: $15.26 / Used from: $6.49 Michael Weller's plays read like an independent movie. His characters are quirky and amazingly entertaining.
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 | Master Harold . . . And The Boys (Penguin Plays) by Athol Fugard
Buy used from: $0.95 A deeply disturbing look at Apartheid and its effects upon a younger generation.
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 | Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Buy used from: $2.19 Diana Son creates two women that anyone can relate to. The story is engaging, sad and very real. A great play!
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 | Summer and Smoke. by Tennessee Williams
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $3.54 In my opinion, one of the best of William's less known plays. Reminicent of The Seagull.
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 | The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Buy new: $10.14 / Used from: $0.60 Speaking of The Seagull... This is arguably the best play ever written. If you are not a Checkhov fan, this will make you one.
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 | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 Perhaps the most famous comedy ever written. Essential for any theatre lover. This is the edition I own, not neccessarily the best one.
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 | Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and Other Plays by Nicky Silver
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $4.30 I've recently discovered the great plays of Nicky Silver. Pterodactyls is one of the best plays I've ever read. I highly recommend this collection.
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 | 'night, Mother: A Play (Mermaid Dramabook) by Marsha Norman
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.01 Worth a read if only for the provocative questions it raises. I am still dealing with this play. I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it.
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