CONTENTS

Introduction ix

1. KING LEAR 1
2. OEDIPUS THE KING 7
3. HAMLET 12
4. ORESTEIA 18
5. MACBETH 23
6. LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 30
7. OTHELLO 36
8. WAITING FOR GODOT 43
9. MEDEA 49
10. TWELFTH NIGHT 54
11. A DOLL’S HOUSE 60
12. THE CHERRY ORCHARD 66
13. BACCHAE 73
14. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 79
15. ANTIGONE 85
16. TARTUFFE 90
17. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 96
18. MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN 102
19. LYSISTRATA 108
20. DOCTOR FAUSTUS 113
21. DEATH OF A SALESMAN 119
22. WOYZECK 126
23. VOLPONE, OR THE FOX 132
24. HENRY IV 137
25. THE WAY OF THE WORLD 143
26. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 149
27. THE TEMPEST 155
28. MAJOR BARBARA 161
29. ENDGAME 168
30. ŚAKUNTALĀ 173
31. MISS JULIE 178
32. THE PEONY PAVILION 184
33. THE MISANTHROPE 189
34. THREE SISTERS 195
35. LIFE IS A DREAM 201
36. HEDDA GABLER 206
37. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL 212
38. THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD 219
39. THE ICEMAN COMETH 226
40. THE LOVE SUICIDES AT SONEZAKI 233
41. EVERYMAN 238
42. ANGELS IN AMERICA:
A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES 243
43. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 250
44. SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR 256
45. MAN AND SUPERMAN 262
46. PHÈDRE 268
47. ROMEO AND JULIET 274
48. LOOK BACK IN ANGER 280
49. THE HOMECOMING 286
50. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 292
51. THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS 298
52. THE ALCHEMIST 304
53. TROJAN WOMEN 310
54. SAINT JOAN 316
55. BLOOD WEDDING 322
56. THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO 328
57. THE GLASS MENAGERIE 334
58. THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN 340
59. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 346
60. MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL 352
61. THE BALD SOPRANO 358
62. THE GHOST SONATA 365
63. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 371
64. THE CRUCIBLE 377
65. MARAT/SADE 383
 66. TRANSLATIONS 389
67. THE BEGGAR’S OPERA 395
68. AMPHITRYON 401
69. NO EXIT 407
70. A RAISIN IN THE SUN 413
71. OUR TOWN 418
72. THE COUNTRY WIFE 423
73. TRAVESTIES 429
74. THE LOWER DEPTHS 434
75. PRIVATE LIVES 440
76. FOOL FOR LOVE 445
77. A FLEA IN HER EAR 450
78. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 456
79. KING UBU 463
80. CLOUD NINE 469
81. AT THE HAWK’S WELL 475
82. ORPHEUS 481
83. “MASTER HAROLD” . . . AND THE BOYS 486
84. THE WELL-CURB 492
85. THE OTHER SHORE 497
86. THE LITTLE FOXES 502
87. FENCES 507
88. THE DYBBUK 513
89. THE VISIT 518
90. THE WEAVERS 524
91. LE CID 530
92. THE ROVER 535
93. AWAKE AND SING! 541
94. THE BROTHERS 546
95. THE BALCONY 552
96. ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST 557
97. THE HOSTAGE 562
98. THE HEIDI CHRONICLES 568
99. THE KING’S THE BEST MAGISTRATE 574
100. PETER PAN 579

Plays by Year of Publication 585

A Second Hundred
(Honorable Mentions) 588
Index 593