6.26.2014

Up to 200 Plays

Looks like I'm managing to go through about one hundred plays a year, not including multiple variations and translations. Thus, my plan for continuing the reading of plays has been fairly successful, although my plan for actually using this blog on a regular basis... not so much. Here's the grand total I've read since late summer of 2012.


  • A Bedfull of Foreigners - Dave Freeman - 1974
  • A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - 1879 (Two translations)
  • A Memory of Two Mondays - Arthur Miller - 1955
  • A Nervous Smile - John Belluso - 2005
  • A Skull in Connemara - Martin McDonagh - 1997
  • A Slight Ache - Harold Pinter - 1961
  • A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams - 1947
  • A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller - 1955
  • Absalom - Zoe Kazan - 2009
  • After Miss Julie - Patrick Marber - 2003 - Adapted from the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg
  • Alcestis - Euripides - c. 438 B.C.E.
  • All My Sons - Arthur Miller - 1947
  • Alone Together - Lawrence Roman - 1984
  • An Inspector Calls - J. B. Priestley - 1946
  • Angel Street - Patrick Hamilton - 1938 (Originally titled Gaslight)
  • Anne of the Thousand Days - Maxwell Anderson - 1948
  • Antigone - Sophocles - c. 441 B.C.E.
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - Joseph Kesselring - 1941
  • 'Art' - Yasmina Reza - 1994 (1996)
  • August: Osage County - Tracy Letts - 2007
  • Awake and Sing! - Clifford Odets - 1935
  • Back of the Throat - Yussef El Guindi - 2005
  • Bad Seed - Maxwell Anderson - 1954 - Adapted from the novel by William March
  • Blackbird - David Harrower - 2007
  • Body Awareness - Annie Baker - 2008
  • Bosoms and Neglect - John Guare - 1979
  • Bug - Tracy Letts - 1996
  • Buried Child - Sam Shepard - 1978
  • Bury the Dead - Irwin Shaw - 1936
  • Bus Stop - William Inge - 1955
  • By the Bog of Cats... - Marina Carr - 1998
  • Caligula - Albert Camus - 1945
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams - 1955 (Two versions)
  • Child's Play - Robert Marasco - 1970
  • Circle Mirror Transformation - Annie Baker - 2009
  • Come Back, Little Sheba - William Inge - 1950
  • Conversations After a Burial - Yasmina Reza - 1987 (2000)
  • Crimes of the Heart - Beth Henley - 1980
  • Curse of the Starving Class - Sam Shepard - 1978
  • Dangerous Corner - J. B. Priestley - 1932
  • Dead City - Sheila Callaghan - 2006
  • Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - 1949
  • Desire Under the Elms - Eugene O'Neill - 1924
  • Dial M for Murder - Frederick Knott - 1952
  • Dirty Hands - Jean-Paul Sartre - 1948
  • Distracted - Lisa Loomer - 2007
  • Don't Drink the Water - Woody Allen - 1966
  • Dracula - Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston - 1927 - Adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker
  • Dream Girl - Elmer Rice - 1945
  • Each in His Own Way - Luigi Pirandello - 1924
  • Elizabeth the Queen - Maxwell Anderson - 1930
  • Endgame - Samuel Beckett - 1957
  • Everyman - Anonymous (Morality Play) - c. 1510
  • Fat Pig - Neil LaBute - 2004
  • Frankenstein in Love - Clive Barker - 1982
  • Free Will & Wanton Lust - Nicky Silver - 1991
  • George and Margaret - Gerald Savory - 1937
  • Getting Out - Marsha Norman - 1977
  • Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet - 1983
  • God of Carnage - Yasmina Reza - 2006 (2008)
  • Griller - Eric Bogosian - 1998
  • Hannele - Gerhart Hauptmann - 1893
  • Happy Days - Samuel Beckett - 1961
  • Harvey - Mary Chase - 1944
  • Hauptmann - John Logan - 1986
  • Henry IV - Luigi Pirandello - 1922
  • High Tor - Maxwell Anderson - 1936
  • I Have Been Here Before - J. B. Priestley - 1937
  • If - Edward Plunkett (Lord Dunsany) - 1927 (1921)
  • In the Boom Boom Room - David Rabe - 1973
  • Juno and the Paycock - Séan O'Casey - 1924
  • Key Exchange - Kevin Wade - 1981
  • Killer Joe - Tracy Letts - 1993
  • La Tourista - Sam Shepard - 1967
  • Landscape of the Body - John Guare - 1977
  • Life x 3 - Yasmina Reza - 2001 (2000)
  • Liolà - Luigi Pirandello - 1916
  • Look Back in Anger - John Osborne - 1956
  • Low in the Dark - Marina Carr - 1989
  • "Master Harold"... and the Boys - Athol Fugard - 1982
  • Medea - Euripides - c. 431 B.C.E.
  • Men in White - Sidney Kingsley - 1933
  • Middle of the Night - Paddy Chayefsky - 1956
  • Miss Julie - August Strindberg - 1889 (Four translations)
  • Mr. & Mrs. - Kevin Wade - 1984
  • Mr. Marmalade - Noah Haidle - 2004
  • Nickel and Dimed - Joan Holden - 2002 - Adapted from the non-fiction book by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • 'Night, Mother - Marsha Norman - 1983
  • No Exit - Jean-Paul Sartre - 1944
  • No Sex Please, We're British - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot - 1971
  • None of the Above - Jenny Lyn Bader - 2003
  • Oedipus at Colonus - Sophocles - c. 401 B.C.E. (Two translations)
  • Oedipus the King - Sophocles - c. 429 B.C.E. (Three translations)
  • Oleanna - David Mamet - 1992
  • Our Country's Good - Timberlake Wertenbaker - 1988 - Adapted from the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally
  • Picnic - William Inge - 1953
  • Portia Coughlan - Marina Carr - 1996
  • Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus - c. 480 - 410 B.C.E.
  • Pterodactyls - Nicky Silver - 1993
  • R. U. R. - Karel Čapek - 1920 (Two translations)
  • Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire - 2006
  • Rag and Bone - Noah Haidle - 2005
  • Reasons to be Pretty - Neil LaBute - 2008
  • Red - John Logan - 2009
  • Reynard the Fox - Arthur Fauquez - 1958
  • Right You Are! (If You Think So) - Luigi Pirandello - 1917
  • Rope - Patrick Hamilton - 1929
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard - 1966
  • Saturn Returns - Noah Haidle - 2008
  • Say You Love Satan - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - 2001
  • Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus - c. 467 B.C.E.
  • Shivaree - William Mastrosimone - 1983
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author - Luigi Pirandello - 1921 (Two translations)
  • Six Degrees of Separation - John Guare - 1990
  • Slasher - Allison Moore - 2009
  • Sleuth - Anthony Shaffer - 1970
  • Spring Awakening - Frank Wedekind - 1906
  • Streamers - David Rabe - 1976
  • Street Scene - Elmer Rice - 1929
  • subUrbia - Eric Bogosian - 1994
  • Summer and Smoke - Tennessee Williams - 1948
  • The Adding Machine - Elmer Rice - 1923
  • The Aliens - Annie Baker - 2010
  • The Autumn Garden - Lillian Hellman - 1951
  • The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Martin McDonagh - 1996
  • The Birthday Party - Harold Pinter - 1958
  • The Broken Heart - John Ford - c. 1625 - 1632
  • The Caretaker - Harold Pinter - 1960
  • The Clean House - Sarah Ruhl - 2004
  • The Crucible - Arthur Miller - 1953 (Two versions)
  • The Curious Savage - John Patrick - 1950
  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs - William Inge - 1957
  • The Dumb Waiter - Harold Pinter - 1960
  • The Father - August Strindberg - 1890 (Two translations)
  • The Flies - Jean-Paul Sartre - 1943
  • The Food Chain - Nicky Silver - 1994
  • The Foreigner - Larry Shue - 1983
  • The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - 1945
  • The Gods of the Mountain - Edward Plunkett (Lord Dunsany) - 1911
  • The Good Person of Szechwan - Bertolt Brecht - 1943
  • The Hasty Heart - John Patrick - 1945
  • The Haunting of Hill House - F. Andrew Leslie - 1964 - Adapted from the novel by Shirley Jackson
  • The History of the Devil - Clive Barker - 1979
  • The Homecoming - Harold Pinter - 1965
  • The House of Blue Leaves - John Guare - 1970
  • The Indian Wants the Bronx - Israel Horovitz - 1968
  • The King in Yellow - Thom Ryng - 1999 - Loosely adapted from the anthology by Robert William Chambers
  • The Latent Heterosexual - Paddy Chayefsky - 1968
  • The Letter - W. Somerset Maugham - 1927
  • The Linden Tree - J. B. Priestley - 1947
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 1989 - Joseph Robinette - Adapted from the books by C. S. Lewis
  • The Lonesome West - Martin McDonagh - 1997
  • The Lover's Melancholy - John Ford - 1628
  • The Mai - Marina Carr - 1994
  • The Makropulos Case - Karel Čapek - 1922
  • The Male Animal - Elliott Nugent and James Thurber - 1940
  • The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers - 1950
  • The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie - 1952
  • The Mystery Plays - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - 2001
  • The Nerd - Larry Shue - 1981
  • The Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams - 1961
  • The Odd Couple - Neil Simon - 1965
  • The Patriots - Sidney Kingsley - 1943
  • The Persians - Aeschylus - c. 472 B.C.E.
  • The Pigman - F. Andrew Leslie - 1975 - Adapted from the novel by Paul Zindel
  • The Pillowman - Martin McDonagh - 2003
  • The Playboy of the Western World - John Millington Synge - 1907
  • The Rats - Gerhart Hauptmann - 1911
  • The Respectful Prostitute - Jean-Paul Sartre - 1946
  • The Room - Harold Pinter - 1960
  • The Rules of Charity - John Belluso - 2005
  • The Scarecrow, or The Glass of Truth - Percy MacKaye - 1911
  • The Shape of Things - Neil LaBute - 2001
  • The Spanish Tragedy - Thomas Kyd - c. 1582 - 1592
  • The Suppliants - Aeschylus - c. 470 - 463 B.C.E.
  • The Teahouse of the August Moon - John Patrick - 1953 - Adapted from the novel by Vern Sneider
  • The Trojan Women - Euripides - c. 415 B.C.E.
  • The Unexpected Man - Yasmina Reza - 1995 (1998)
  • The Voice of the Turtle - John Van Druten - 1943
  • The Waiting Room - Lisa Loomer - 1994
  • The Way of the World - William Congreve - 1700
  • The Weavers - Gerhart Hauptmann - 1893
  • The Weird - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - 2004
  • The White Plague - Karel Čapek - 1937
  • The Woman in Black - Stephen Mallatratt - 1987 - Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill
  • The Women of Lockerbie - Deborah Brevoort - 2003
  • The Woolgatherer - William Mastrosimone - 1979
  • Three Days of Rain - Richard Greenberg - 1997
  • Time and the Conways - J. B. Priestley - 1937
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore - John Ford - c. 1629 - 1633
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Christopher Sergel - 1970 - Adapted from the novel by Harper Lee
  • True West - Sam Shepard - 1980
  • Under the Yum-Yum Tree - Lawrence Roman - 1960
  • Vigils - Noah Haidle - 2006
  • Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett - 1953
  • Waiting for Lefty - Clifford Odets - 1935
  • Winterset - Maxwell Anderson - 1935
  • Witness for the Prosecution - Agatha Christie - 1953
  • Woman and Scarecrow - Marina Carr - 2006
  • Woyzeck - Georg Büchner - 1837/1913 (Two translations)