18 best-selling plays books like Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George

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Hurricane Diane

By: Madeleine George

4.05

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owi…

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Cover of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Cynthia Marshall

1. Antony and Cleopatra

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

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more

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  • school
  • plays
"Melt Egypt into Nile!"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"...make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

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2. Top Girls

By: Caryl Churchill

3.58

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a seminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a wor… read more

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  • school
  • plays
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3. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

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  • school
  • plays
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4. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

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  • plays
"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

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5. The Children

By: Lucy Kirkwood

3.82

Format: 224 pages,

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  • plays
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6. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

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  • school
  • plays
"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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7. The Mountaintop

By: Michael Eric Dyson , Katori Hall , None

3.18

Format: 183 pages,

Winner of the Olivier Award and set to open on Broadway in September 2011, The Mountaintop is set a… read more

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  • plays
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8. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

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  • plays

9. Appropriate

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to… read more

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  • school
  • plays
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10. The Caretaker

By: Harold Pinter

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdow… read more

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  • plays

11. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

From one of our most admired playwrights, "an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud relig… read more

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12. Death and the King's Horseman: A Play

By: Wole Soyinka

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Based on events that took place in Oyo, an ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Wole Soyinka's … read more

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13. Rabbit Hole

By: David Lindsay-Abaire

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation--an intensel… read more

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14. Venus in Fur

By: David Ives

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A young playwright, Thomas, has written an adaptation of the 1870 novel Venus in Fur by Leopold von… read more

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15. In the Blood

By: Suzan-Lori Parks

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

In this modern day riff on The Scarlet Letter, Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives … read more

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16. 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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17. Frozen

By: Bryony Lavery

4.30

Format: 256 pages,

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18. The Flick

By: Annie Baker

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more

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19. Intimate Apparel - Acting Edition

By: Lynn Nottage

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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20. Machinal

By: Sophie Treadwell

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

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21. The Weir

By: Conor McPherson

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Set in a bar in a remote part of Ireland, The Weir tells of a young woman who has a story to fright… read more

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22. August: Osage County

By: Tracy Letts

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage Countyis a … read more

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23. Indecent

By: Paula Vogel

4.46

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Revelatory…As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire… read more

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  • plays
  • queer
"I too have lost audience members. Six million have left the theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"How do we as artists question our sins in front of a greater audience? How do we as Jews show ourselves as flawed and complex human beings?"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"God forbid the goyim think ladies who work the street are human beings! God forbid the goyim think that Jewish ladies love each other as human beings!"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"As you know, six nights a week we gather together to sing songs we know and love, to dance, to escape our daily lives. But on the seventh night … God created Yiddish theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

24. Witch

By: Jen Silverman

4.32

Format: 94 pages, None

Mischief is afoot in the sleepy village of Edmonton and the fate of the world is at stake in this s… read more

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  • plays
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25. The Writer

By: Ella Hickson

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

‘I want the world to change shape.’ ‘I'm not sure theatre can do that.’ ‘Well then where am I me… read more

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  • plays
  • queer
Cover of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Modern Plays) by Ryan Calais Cameron

26. For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Modern Plays)

By: Ryan Calais Cameron

4.65

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me Father figures and… read more

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  • plays
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27. Chimerica

By: Lucy Kirkwood

3.93

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Winner, 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Winner, 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play Winner, 2013 … read more

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  • plays
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28. POTUS

By: Selina Fillinger

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spin… read more

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  • plays
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29. The Inland Sea

By: Madeleine Watts

3.52

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A young Australian woman unable to find her footing in the world begins to break down when the eme… read more

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30. How to Defend Yourself

By: Liliana Padilla

4.10

Format: 122 pages, ebook

Seven college students gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after a sorority sister is raped. The… read more

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  • plays
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31. Hurricane Diane

By: Madeleine George

4.05

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owi… read more

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  • school
  • plays
  • queer

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Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

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3.58

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Lynn Nottage

4.06

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Amanda Lohrey , Lorraine Biggs

4.23

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Emmy Abrahamson

3.92

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3.85

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4.06

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