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Top 10 Favorite Plays I've read in the last year
By an Amazon.com customer
Miss Julie (Plays for Performance)Miss Julie (Plays for Performance) by August Strindberg
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Classic Classic Classic.
Laughing Wild and Baby with the Bathwater: Two PlaysLaughing Wild and Baby with the Bathwater: Two Plays by Christopher Durang
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Baby with the Bathwater is a dark comedy with a very light feel. It's a feelgood play about child abuse
Patrick Marber Plays: 1: Closer / Dealer's Choice / After Miss Julie (Contemporary Dramatists) (v. 1)Patrick Marber Plays: 1: Closer / Dealer's Choice / After Miss Julie (Contemporary Dramatists) (v. 1) by Patrick Marber
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Closer is simply amazing. The depth and entanglement of the characters is pure genius. And After Miss Julie is what I consider a modernized version of the Strindberg play. It made me better understand the original and love it more.
Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West)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
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True West is my favorite play of all time and Buried child is not far behind
Hot 'N' ThrobbingHot 'N' Throbbing by Paula Vogel
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This one is just plain fun while at the same time very disturbing. There's a fine line.
The Lieutenant of InishmoreThe Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
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This play is my second favorite. It's hilarious and violent and Perfectly Irish
Sarah Kane: Complete PlaysSarah Kane: Complete Plays by Sarah Kane
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The sickest, most disturbing collection of plays you will ever read. Pure Genius. Let's just say the playwright's suicide was no surprise
EquusEquus by Peter Shaffer
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Disturbing tale of a young man with emotional problems and an eerie attachment to horses. I would love to see this play performed with the creepy horse-mask people and everything.
The Vietnam Plays: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel ; Sticks and BonesThe Vietnam Plays: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel ; Sticks and Bones by David Rabe
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Sticks and Bones is another dark comedy