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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
3.9K ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays Summary
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
by Tennessee Williams 1955 329 pages
4.06
1.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.05
42.2K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
A Mystery Play in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages
4.25
2.1K ratings
Plays
Mystery
Agatha Christie
The Three Sisters Summary
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov 1900 81 pages
3.71
23.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Summary
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Original Screenplay
by J.K. Rowling 2016 293 pages
4.15
164.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Plays
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4.8K ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.86
130.1K ratings
Plays
Poetry
German Literature
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Die Physiker Summary
Die Physiker
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962 95 pages
3.89
41.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
German Literature
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare 1593 291 pages
3.74
177.4K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Tetralogue Summary
Tetralogue
I'm Right, You're Wrong
by Timothy Williamson 2014 160 pages
3.32
462 ratings
Philosophy
Plays
21st Century
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra Summary
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra
by Sophocles 178 pages
3.95
16.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The School For Wives Summary
The School For Wives
by Molière 1662 60 pages
3.62
10.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
A View from the Bridge Summary
A View from the Bridge
A Play in Two Acts
by Arthur Miller 1955 96 pages
3.71
17.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Emilia Galotti Summary
Emilia Galotti
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772 93 pages
2.92
14.3K ratings
Classics
School
German Literature
The Importance of Being Earnest Summary
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde 1895 89 pages
4.17
399.2K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
An Ideal Husband Summary
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde 2001 78 pages
4.01
44.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
La casa de Bernarda Alba Summary
La casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico García Lorca 1945 96 pages
3.88
47.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
Hold Me Closer Summary
Hold Me Closer
The Tiny Cooper Story
by David Levithan 2015 208 pages
3.53
6.1K ratings
Young Adult
LGBT
Contemporary
The Trojan Women Summary
The Trojan Women
by Euripides 2006 80 pages
3.88
12.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Oresteia Summary
The Oresteia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by Aeschylus 1984 336 pages
4.02
46.5K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Aeschylus Summary
Aeschylus
The Oresteia
by Simon Goldhill 2004 105 pages
3.97
61 ratings
Classics
Ancient
Mythology
M. Butterfly Summary
M. Butterfly
by David Henry Hwang 1998 72 pages
3.93
15.0K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
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