21 must-read plays books like Skylight by David Hare

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Skylight

By: David Hare

4.20

Format: 406 pages,

If you liked the plays plot in Skylight by David Hare , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1. 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
  • fiction
  • 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?

Cover of Constellations by Nick Payne

2. 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
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of The Wild Duck by David Eldridge, Henrik Ibsen

3. The Wild Duck

By: David Eldridge , Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic, published to tie-in with the production at the Don… read more

Similar categories in David Eldridge's The Wild Duck book and David Hare's Skylight

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
"Folk er syke, omtrent alle ihop dessverre."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"He is suffering from an acute attack of integrity."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"...brug ikke det udenlandske ord: Idealer, vi har jo det gode norske Løgne."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"Most people are ennobled by the actual presence of death. But how long do you suppose this nobility will last in him?"

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

Cover of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

4. 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

Similar categories in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls book and David Hare's Skylight

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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5. 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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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Yerma by Federico García Lorca, Gwynne Edwards, Chris Megson

6. Yerma

By: Federico García Lorca , Gwynne Edwards , Chris Megson

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lo… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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7. Belleville

By: Amy Herzog

4.12

Format: None pages,

Winner! 2012 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award Finalist! 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

8. The Master Builder

By: Henrik Ibsen

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

First performed in 1892, this psychological drama is one of the great Norwegian playwright's most s… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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9. Red

By: John Logan

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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10. The History Boys

By: Alan Bennett

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bennett's The History Boys book and David Hare's Skylight

  • british literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Hay Fever by Noël Coward

11. Hay Fever

By: Noël Coward

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist and his wife Ju… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Skylight by David Hare

12. Skylight

By: David Hare

4.20

Format: 406 pages,

read more

Similar categories in David Hare's Skylight book and David Hare's Skylight

  • love
  • british literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • english literature
  • plays
  • drama
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13. Endgame

By: Samuel Beckett

4.67

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, no… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

14. Arcadia

By: Tom Stoppard

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward

15. Blithe Spirit

By: Noël Coward

3.97

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"An insane farce that is also uproarious."--NY Times "I will ever be grateful for the almost psych… read more

Similar categories in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit book and David Hare's Skylight

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
"Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

Cover of Betrayal by Harold Pinter

16. Betrayal

By: Harold Pinter

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Betrayalis Pinter's latest full-length play since the enormous success of No Man's Land. The play b… read more

Similar categories in Harold Pinter's Betrayal book and David Hare's Skylight

  • british literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

17. 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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18. Look Back in Anger

By: John Osborne

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

The text of the play, first performed in London in 1956, depicts the despair of post-war youth. read more

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Cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Michael   Meyer

19. 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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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • 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

20. 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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21. People, Places and Things

By: Duncan Macmillan

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Emma is in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emm… read more

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22. Absurd Person Singular

By: Alan Ayckbourn

3.16

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Meet three couples in their three kitchens on the Christmas Eves of three successive years. The "lo… read more

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23. Private Lives

By: Noël Coward

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written. Elyot and Amanda, … read more

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24. The God of Carnage

By: Yasmina Reza , Christopher Hampton

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A… read more

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25. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)

By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

(1939 translation) read more

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26. 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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27. Prima Facie

By: Suzie Miller

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

Cover of The Inheritance by Matthew López

28. 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
  • fiction
  • 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

Cover of Vanya by Simon Stephens

29. Vanya

By: Simon Stephens

4.60

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Chekhov's classic tale of love, art, sex, and attempted murder in a fresh adaptation by Simon Steph… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stephens's Vanya book and David Hare's Skylight

  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Girls & Boys by Dennis Kelly

30. Girls & Boys

By: Dennis Kelly

4.19

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. … read more

Similar categories in Dennis Kelly's Girls & Boys book and David Hare's Skylight

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
"We did not create societies for men, we created them to stop men."

-Dennis Kelly, Girls & Boys

20 must-read fiction books like Skylight by David Hare

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Duck

David Eldridge , Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Top Girls

Caryl Churchill

3.58

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Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

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Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

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Top Girls

Caryl Churchill

3.58

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Annie Baker

4.20

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