A triad of plays in which a son seeks revenge against his mother for the murder of his father. In the final play he is exonerated for killing his mother by a tribunal of Athenian judges and the goddess Athena.

A terrifying encounter unfolds as two strangers finally learn to "communicate" through violence.

Have women found the ultimate anti-war weapon? Wives just say no to sex in an attempt to end a war between Athens and Sparta.

A Theater of the Absurd play in which two tramps sit endlessly waiting for someone named Godot, who never arrives.

In this antiwar play set during the Thirty Years War, Mother Courage moves her wagon from battlefield to battlefield peddling her wares. One by one, her children are killed even though she seeks to profit from war, not become personally involved in it.

In this tragedy of vengeance, Medea is a passionate woman whose love turns to hate when her husband deserts her. It climaxes with her killing their two sons.

A Castilian wedding ends in tragedy when the bride runs away with her lover.

A play about the legendary scholar who sells his soul to the devil. In this poetic drama, Faust is attracted to a young peasant girl. The devil’s plans for his soul are temporarily defeated because Faust’s lust for her turns to love.

The sly suggestions of a vicious teenager destroys the tranquility of a girls’ boarding school.

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In this drama, the main character slams the door and walks out on a marriage based on inequality. Her revolt against her marriage to a selfish, hypocritical man who treats her as a doll rather than an individual gave impetus to the fight for women’s rights.

This play is based on the famous Scopes "monkey" trial, which was argued by a celebrated pair of antagonists, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. It involved a young teacher in America’s Bible Belt who was charged with blasphemy for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution.

In this play, Faust is torn between his lust for knowledge as a means to power and his awareness of the sinfulness of his desires.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which a traveling salesman realizes that his dreams will never be real, and unable to cope with the failures of his life, commits suicide.

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Alceste, the leading character in this comedy, is admirable in hating the hypocrisy in his society. In his zeal for complete honesty, however, he succeeds in becoming a complete fool.

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In this avant-garde play within a play, the technique is as important as the plot.

A soldier who is witty and writes poetry helps a friend woo the woman they both love, whom Cyrano will not court himself because he has an extremely large nose.

Three individuals learn that, having chosen their own paths in life, there is no escape from their inevitable fate, as they find themselves together, for all eternity, in a closed room.

A play in which a professor of phonetics interferes with the social order by teaching a Cockney girl to act and speak like a duchess.

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Neil Simon’s comedies focus on the qualities that make each of us unique, and frequently, difficult to get along with. Read The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park as examples of his early work, and Brighton Beach Memoirs and Lost in Yonkers, written more recently.

The tragedy of a king who unwittingly has killed his father and married his mother. When he discovers what he has done, he blinds himself.

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The relentless activity of the sea tragically influences the lives of Irish fisherfolk.

A prince is tormented by uncertainty over whether he should avenge his father’s murder.

This hilarious coming-of-age story tells of a successful art historian in a rapidly changing world.

Can a baby, abandoned in a bag in Victoria Station, grow up to find love, romance, his identity, and the importance of being earnest?

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the stage manager speaks directly to the audience from a set of bare of props. The play tells the story of two families as they experience daily life, love and marriage, and death.

The mother in this play dwells on the past and longs to find "a gentleman caller" for her crippled daughter, who has withdrawn into the world of her glass animals. As in many of Williams’ plays, the characters live in a world of unfulfilled dreams.

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A garbageman recalls his career as a Negro League baseball star.

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