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Twelve Wonderful Plays
By an Amazon.com customer
An Inspector Calls.An Inspector Calls. by J. B. Priestley
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $4.08
The 'inspector' tells it like it is.
Sleuth: A Play (Playscript, 46)Sleuth: A Play (Playscript, 46) by Anthony Shaffer
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Dazzlingly clever and self-aware send-up of the murder-mystery genre.
Witness for The ProsecutionWitness for The Prosecution by Agatha Christie
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Christie's own favourite among her plays.
Gaslight (Angel Street)Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick; Drummond, William Hamilton
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Typical brilliance from a genius author.
Sorry, Wrong Number and The Hitch-hiker.Sorry, Wrong Number and The Hitch-hiker. by Lucille Fletcher
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Her husband's The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant is great too.
Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two ActsDeathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts by Ira Levin
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What twists and turns! The longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway.
Les Liaisons DangereusesLes Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
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Aristocratic intrigue set shortly before the French Revolution.
Noises OffNoises Off by Michael Frayn
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Fast and furious farce. Also the third play on my list that Michael Caine has starred in.
Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions)Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions) by Edmond Rostand
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Cyrano woos the beautiful Roxane on behalf of his friend Christian.
Dial M for MurderDial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
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Frederick Knott's tour de force.
Blithe Spirit (Methuen Modern Plays)Blithe Spirit (Methuen Modern Plays) by Noël Coward
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A ghostly first wife returns to play havoc with an author's second marriage.
Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics) by Reginald Rose
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Simple set-up. Simple story. Truly gripping.