10 must-read drama books like This Property is Condemned by Tennessee Williams

This Property is Condemned

By: Tennessee Williams

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

This one-act play was written in 1946. In 1966, the play was expanded into the film of the same nam…

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Cover of Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr

1. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

By: John Lahr

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Miss Julie by David French, August Strindberg

2. Miss Julie

By: David French , August Strindberg

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The mortal conflict of the sexes, traced here by Strindberg in the clash between an aristocratic yo… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Tartuffe by Martin Sorrell, Molière, Curtis Hidden Page

3. Tartuffe

By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more

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  • classics
  • plays
Cover of Poetics by Aristotle, Malcolm Heath

4. Poetics

By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more

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  • classics
Cover of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

5. The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

2.50

Format: None pages,

Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more

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  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
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6. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
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7. Jesus' Son

By: Denis Johnson

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory visi… read more

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  • classics
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8. Love's Labour's Lost

By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more

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  • plays
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9. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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  • plays
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

10. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Richard III by William Shakespeare, John Jowett

11. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Henry V by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

12. Henry V

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Henry Vis Shakespeare's most famous "war play"; it includes the storied English victory over the Fr… read more

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  • plays
  • drama
Cover of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

13. As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more

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  • plays

14. La casa de Bernarda Alba

By: Federico García Lorca , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Focus Student Editions are designed for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. Pre… read more

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15. Uncle Vanya

By: Anton Chekhov

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Famous play by the Russian short story writer and playwright. His major plays are frequently revive… read more

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16. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more

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17. The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young … read more

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18. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

Cover of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, None

19. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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  • plays
  • drama
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

20. The Children's Hour

By: Lillian Hellman

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

This is a serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youn… read more

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21. The Seagull

By: Anton Chekhov , Michael Frayn

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation. When … read more

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22. La vida es sueño

By: Pedro Calderón de la Barca , None

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

He aqui la creacion mas lograda y de caracter mas universal de Calderon. La vida es suenoes, en sin… read more

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23. King Henry VI, Part 2

By: William Shakespeare , Christopher Marlowe , None

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This edition celebrates King Henry VI Part 2as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the En… read more

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24. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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25. Measure for Measure

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more

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26. Titus Andronicus

By: William Shakespeare

3.68

Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
"Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still? TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha! MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour. TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not another tear to shed:"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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27. Case Study

By: Graeme Macrae Burnet

3.60

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more

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"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

Cover of An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1) by Helene Tursten

28. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.76

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more

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"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"

-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

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29. Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
"What, you egg?"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done, is done"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done cannot be undone."

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What, you egg? / [He stabs him.]"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Cover of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

30. Friday Black

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.05

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt… read more

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"We’re in How-It-Was class."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"Buy One Get One stops for no one."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"I locate: your life is in the hands of someone who doesn't even know you and thinks you don't deserve it."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"You have to grab for happiness in places like this because there isn't enough to go around for everybody."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

31. This Property is Condemned

By: Tennessee Williams

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

This one-act play was written in 1946. In 1966, the play was expanded into the film of the same nam… read more

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3.59

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