16 Top classics books like Happy Days by Samuel Beckett

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Happy Days

By: Samuel Beckett

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 'Happy Days, ' Beckett pursues his relentless search for the meaning of existence, probing the t…

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1. The Chairs

By: Eugène Ionesco , Martin Crimp

3.85

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered st… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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2. Good Kings Bad Kings

By: Susan Nussbaum

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inside the halls of ILLC, an institution for juveniles with disabilities, we discover a place that … read more

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  • fiction
"Once I make a decision, I stick to it."

-Susan Nussbaum, Good Kings Bad Kings

"Once you laugh with a person? That person is your friend."

-Susan Nussbaum, Good Kings Bad Kings

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3. Collected Poems

By: Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite

4.21

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Life is slow dying."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

"I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence."

-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

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4. La Cantatrice chauve

By: Eugène Ionesco

3.76

Format: 149 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Tout le monde la connaît. Peu peuvent l'expliquer. C'est ce que fait à merveille Emmanuel Jacquart,… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale ? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver."

-Eugène Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve

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5. There but for the

By: Ali Smith

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith 'There once was a man w… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Blasted

By: Sarah Kane

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Blastedis Sarah Kane's first full-length play which opened in 1995 and was the sensation of that ye… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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7. The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

3.90

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

The Zoo Story is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."

-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story

"Now, here is what I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves."

-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story

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8. Right You Are If You Think You Are

By: Luigi Pirandello , None

3.93

Format: None pages,

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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9. The Three Sisters

By: Anton Chekhov

3.06

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sistersprobes the lives and dreams of … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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10. Old Times

By: Harold Pinter

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like Pinter's earlier plays, Old Timesdeals with bare essentials. There are only three characters: … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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11. Trumpet

By: Jackie Kay

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In her starkly beautiful and wholly unexpected tale, Jackie Kay delves into the most intimate worki… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Vinegar Tom

By: Caryl Churchill

3.36

Format: 317 pages,

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  • theatre
  • classics
  • plays
  • drama
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13. Mother Courage and Her Children

By: David Hare , Bertolt Brecht

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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14. Happy Days

By: Samuel Beckett

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 'Happy Days, ' Beckett pursues his relentless search for the meaning of existence, probing the t… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • plays
  • drama
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15. 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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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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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

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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17. The Homecoming

By: Harold Pinter

3.70

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit his old home in Lo… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"RUTH: If you take the glass…I’ll take you."

-Harold Pinter, The Homecoming

"Look what I'm lumbered with. One load of cast-iron crap after another." --Harold Pinter: The Homecoming."

-Harold Pinter, The Homecoming

18. True West

By: Sam Shepard

3.79

Format: 368 pages,

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19. The Ghost Sonata

By: August Strindberg , None

3.59

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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20. In Between the Sheets

By: Ian McEwan

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seve… read more

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21. 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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22. 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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23. Translations

By: Brian Friel

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The action of this play takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile … read more

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24. The Birthday Party

By: Harold Pinter

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seem… read more

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25. The Dumb Waiter

By: Harold Pinter

3.72

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

One of his most recognized and acclaimed plays, Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” is a humorous and… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

26. 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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27. Look We Have Coming to Dover!

By: Daljit Nagra

3.71

Format: 76 pages,

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28. The Room

By: Harold Pinter

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rose and Bert rent a room that might almost be a paleolithic cave; the outside is terrifying and un… read more

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29. Kim's Convenience

By: None , None

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Winner of Best New Play and the Patron's Pick Award at Toronto's Fringe Festival, Kim's Convenience… read more

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30. Glengarry Glen Ross

By: David Mamet

4.49

Format: 563 pages,

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat rea… read more

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31. The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

By: Eugène Ionesco

4.03

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

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Eugène Ionesco , Martin Crimp

3.85

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3.76

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3.81

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3.90

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3.79

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3.87

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