13 Top theatre books like After the Revolution by Amy Herzog

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After the Revolution

By: Amy Herzog

3.68

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

The brilliant, promising Emma Joseph proudly carries the torch of her family's Marxist tradition, d…

If you liked the theatre plot in After the Revolution by Amy Herzog , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Power of the Dog

By: Thomas Savage , Annie Proulx

4.18

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

First published in 1967, Thomas Savage's western novel about two brothers now includes an afterword… read more

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"Fate punishes the proud, and dashes hope"

-Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog

"He taught me that if you’ve got guts, you can do any damned thing, guts and patience. Impatience is a costly commodity, Pete."

-Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog

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2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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3. Constellations

By: Nick Payne

4.07

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

One relationship. Infinite possibilities. 'Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here a… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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4. The Humans

By: Stephen Karam

3.91

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving a… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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5. 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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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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6. Galileo

By: Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley , Charles Laughton

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileoexplores the question of a scientist'… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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7. An Octoroon

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

4.00

Format: 117 pages,

Winner of the 2014 OBIE Award for Best New American Play. Judge Peyton is dead and his plantation T… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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8. The Hours

By: None , Michael Cunningham

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, "The Hours" is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan,… read more

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9. hir

By: Taylor Mac

3.84

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Discharged from the Marines under suspicious circumstances, Isaac comes home from the wars, only to… read more

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10. Stop Kiss

By: None

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ben Brantley of the New York Times summed up the critical reaction to Diana Son's play Stop Kiss wh… read more

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11. Proof

By: David Auburn

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more

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12. Wit

By: None

4.48

Format: None pages,

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Ou… 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. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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15. 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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16. Dog Sees God

By: None

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best frien… read more

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17. 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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18. Doubt

By: John Patrick Shanley

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty w… read more

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19. Detroit

By: None

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In a "first ring" suburb outside a midsize American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome… read more

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20. Twelve Angry Men

By: David Mamet , Reginald Rose

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival--featuring an introdu… read more

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21. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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22. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

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"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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23. The Thanksgiving Play

By: Larissa FastHorse

3.87

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A mismatched but well-meaning foursome sets out to devise a politically correct school play that ca… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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24. Less Is Lost (Arthur Less, #2)

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning Less, the awkward and lovable Arthu… read more

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25. The Inheritance

By: Matthew López

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in … read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
"Enamorarse es coger cita con el sufrimiento"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"Leer no es suficiente, Leo. Tienes que poseer tus propios libros."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"If we are to learn what we mean to each other, we must first examine what we mean to ourselves. And we must be fearless and honest in that attempt —"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"A muchos de nosotros no nos han dado nunca un ejemplo sano de lo que significa ser homosexual. Lo que significa, por supuesto, que nunca nos han enseñado a serlo. A amar. A aceptar el amor."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

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26. The Antipodes

By: Annie Baker

4.13

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Endlessly fascinating … The Antipodes leaves you glowing with a wondering satisfaction. I mean the… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Gloria (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

27. Gloria (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

4.26

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

This funny, trenchant, and powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a no… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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28. Red Speedo: A Play

By: Lucas Hnath

3.93

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The Obie-winning play by the Tony-nominated playwright of A Doll’s House, Part 2 Ray’s swum his wa… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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29. After the Revolution

By: Amy Herzog

3.68

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

The brilliant, promising Emma Joseph proudly carries the torch of her family's Marxist tradition, d… read more

Similar categories in Amy Herzog's After the Revolution book and Amy Herzog's After the Revolution

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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30. Ada and the Engine

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.25

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant an… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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31. Trudy and Max in Love

By: Zoe Kazan

4.09

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • plays

14 Top plays books like After the Revolution by Amy Herzog

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

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Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

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The Humans

Stephen Karam

3.91

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Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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Trust

Hernan Diaz

3.83

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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Elizabeth Strout

3.91

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