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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,092,444 ratings — published 1601
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 594,651 ratings — published 1595
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,894,328 ratings — published 1590
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 449,338 ratings — published 1603
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Macbeth: Moment by Moment Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,057,852 ratings — published 1623
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King Lear King Lear (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 244,207 ratings — published 1605
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The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 416,399 ratings — published 1895
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The Tempest The Tempest (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 234,971 ratings — published 1611
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 229,142 ratings — published 1952
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The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 37,842 ratings — published 1623
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King Henry IV, Part 1 King Henry IV, Part 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 34,419 ratings — published 1597
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Twelfth Night Twelfth Night (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 198,678 ratings — published 1623
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Antigone (Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
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avg rating 3.69 — 184,410 ratings — published -441
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 341,916 ratings — published 1947
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Measure for Measure Measure for Measure (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.68 — 32,346 ratings — published 1604
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 226,297 ratings — published 1599
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
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avg rating 3.73 — 244,161 ratings — published -429
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Medea Medea (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 91,194 ratings — published -431
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 94,385 ratings — published 1967
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The Good Woman of Setzuan The Good Woman of Setzuan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 14,106 ratings — published 1943
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All's Well That Ends Well All's Well That Ends Well (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 20,767 ratings — published 1604
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Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 45,440 ratings — published 1606
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Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 267,176 ratings — published 1949
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The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 146,011 ratings — published 1945
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Major Barbara Major Barbara (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 7,366 ratings — published 1905
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Normal People: The Scripts Normal People: The Scripts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.58 — 2,722 ratings — published
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Intermediality in Theatre and Performance (Themes in Theatre, 2) Intermediality in Theatre and Performance (Themes in Theatre, 2)
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avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2006
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Reactivations: Essays on Performance and Its Documentation Reactivations: Essays on Performance and Its Documentation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published
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Theatre and Aural Attention: Stretching Ourselves Theatre and Aural Attention: Stretching Ourselves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2015
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Flesh and Text: Devising Performance by Bodies in Flight (Playtext) Flesh and Text: Devising Performance by Bodies in Flight (Playtext)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Theatrics in Patristic Preaching and Biblical Exposition Theatrics in Patristic Preaching and Biblical Exposition (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 18,367 ratings — published 1606
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Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,827 ratings — published 2016
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Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 16 ratings — published 2004
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Between Theater and Anthropology Between Theater and Anthropology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 61 ratings — published 1985
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Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture (October Books) Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture (October Books)
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avg rating 4.01 — 140 ratings — published 1991
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Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor (Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy) Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor (Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 1982
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The Show and the Gaze of Theatre: A European Perspective (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture) The Show and the Gaze of Theatre: A European Perspective (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1997
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The Theater and Its Double The Theater and Its Double (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,966 ratings — published 1938
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Collected Plays - Volume 1 Collected Plays - Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 70 ratings — published 1970
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Politics, Ethics and Performance: Hélène Cixous and the Théâtre du Soleil Politics, Ethics and Performance: Hélène Cixous and the Théâtre du Soleil (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Unmaking Mimesis: Essays on Feminism and Theatre Unmaking Mimesis: Essays on Feminism and Theatre (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published 1997
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Respect for Acting Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 3,608 ratings — published 1973
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De Teatro e Outras Escritas De Teatro e Outras Escritas (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Creating A Role Creating A Role (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 633 ratings — published 1957
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Dangerous Women: The Perils of Muses and Femmes Fatales Dangerous Women: The Perils of Muses and Femmes Fatales (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 109 ratings — published 2009
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Actresses and Whores: On Stage and in Society Actresses and Whores: On Stage and in Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published 2005
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Galileo Galileo (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 19,579 ratings — published 1943
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The Transformative Power of Performance: A New Aesthetics The Transformative Power of Performance: A New Aesthetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 165 ratings — published 2004
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Alan Moore
“You see, Evey, all the world's a stage. And everything else...

... is vaudeville.”
― Alan Moore

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“It was definitely a rare situation, in which a career had started and ended simultaneously on a very high note.”
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