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Essential Drama for Book Clubs and Study

The plays most frequently studied and discussed — from ancient Athens to contemporary America — each with a full book club guide and discussion questions.

Hamlet William Shakespeare · 1603 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

Macbeth William Shakespeare · 1606 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

Othello William Shakespeare · 1603 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

King Lear William Shakespeare · 1608 Essential Read See details →

A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare · 1600 Essential Read See details →

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare · 1597 Essential Read See details →

Julius Caesar William Shakespeare · 1599 Essential Read See details →

The Tempest William Shakespeare · 1611 Essential Read See details →

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare · 1602 Essential Read See details →

The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare · 1600 Essential Read See details →

Antigone Sophocles · -441 Essential Read See details →

A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen · 1879 Essential Read See details →

The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov · 1904 Essential Read See details →

Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett · 1953 Essential Read See details →

Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller · 1949 Essential Read See details →

The Crucible Arthur Miller · 1953 Essential Read See details →

A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams · 1947 Essential Read See details →

Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neill · 1956 Essential Read See details →

A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry · 1959 Essential Read See details →

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee · 1962 Essential Read See details →

Fences August Wilson · 1985 Essential Read See details →

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard · 1966 Essential Read See details →

An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley · 1945 Essential Read See details →

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