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)
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