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Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Faust, First Part Summary
Faust, First Part
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 327 pages
3.83
86k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Poetry
Die Physiker Summary
Die Physiker
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962 95 pages
3.89
44k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
German Literature
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.91
5k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
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
1k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
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
2k+ ratings
Plays
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Prometeo encadenado / Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometeo encadenado / Prometheus Bound
by Esquilo 159 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Mythology
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
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Harry Potter
Young Adult
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 86 pages
3.83
22k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The School For Wives Summary
The School For Wives
by Molière 1662 60 pages
3.62
10k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
France
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
Illustrated
by William Shakespeare 1593 105 pages
3.73
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest Summary
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde 1895 89 pages
4.17
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
A View from the Bridge Summary
A View from the Bridge
A Play in Two Acts
by Arthur Miller 1955 96 pages
3.71
18k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Tetralogue Summary
Tetralogue
I'm Right, You're Wrong
by Timothy Williamson 2014 160 pages
3.32
481 ratings
Philosophy
Plays
21st Century
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.38
2k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
Colección integral de Sófocles Summary
Colección integral de Sófocles
(Electra, Edipo Rey, Antígona)
by Sophocles 164 pages
3.95
16k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Emilia Galotti Summary
Emilia Galotti
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772 93 pages
2.92
15k+ ratings
Classics
School
German Literature
A Raisin in the Sun Summary
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry 1959 162 pages
3.85
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
School
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
17k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Playborhood Summary
Playborhood
Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play
by Mike Lanza 2012 254 pages
3.91
158 ratings
Parenting
Childrens
Education
اورستیا Summary
اورستیا
by Aeschylus 280 pages
4.02
47k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
An Ideal Husband Summary
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde 1893 78 pages
4.01
44k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Madame Butterfly Summary
Madame Butterfly
by David Henry Hwang 1988
3.93
15k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
The Trojan Women Summary
The Trojan Women
by Euripides 80 pages
3.88
12k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
La casa de Bernarda Alba Summary
La casa de Bernarda Alba
by Federico García Lorca 1930 96 pages
3.89
51k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
Hold Me Closer Summary
Hold Me Closer
The Tiny Cooper Story
by David Levithan 2015 208 pages
3.53
6k+ ratings
Young Adult
LGBT
Contemporary
درباره اورستیا Summary
درباره اورستیا
by Simon Goldhill 1992 156 pages
3.98
63 ratings
Classics
Ancient
Mythology
Summer and Smoke Summary
Summer and Smoke
by Tennessee Williams 1948 72 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
L'avare Summary
L'avare
by Molière 1668 79 pages
3.56
38k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
France
King Henry IV, Part 1 Summary
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare 1597 398 pages
3.80
33k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Shakespeare
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights Summary
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
by Stella Adler 2012 400 pages
4.47
111 ratings
Theatre
Plays
Womens
Love's Labour's Lost Summary
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare 1598 392 pages
3.51
16k+ ratings
Plays
Shakespeare
Classics
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (en Español) Summary
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (en Español)
clásico de la literatura de Shakespeare ,libros en español
by William Shakespeare 1598 162 pages
4.06
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Faust Summary
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 503 pages
3.89
51k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Plays
Jerusalem Summary
Jerusalem
by Jez Butterworth 2009 109 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
The Glass Menagerie Summary
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams 1945 104 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Copenhagen Summary
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn 1998 132 pages
3.92
6k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Science
Lorraine Hansberry Summary
Lorraine Hansberry
The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
by Charles J. Shields 2022 384 pages
3.78
400 ratings
Biography
History
Drama
Vatan yahut Silistre Summary
Vatan yahut Silistre
by Namık Kemal 1872 99 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Plays
Turkish
Huis clos Summary
Huis clos
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1944 91 pages
4.11
47k+ ratings
Plays
Philosophy
Classics
An Enemy of the People Summary
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen 1882 160 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Prohibido suicidarse en primavera Summary
Prohibido suicidarse en primavera
by Alejandro Casona 1937 86 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
The Bacchae Summary
The Bacchae
by Euripides 96 pages
3.94
25k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Zemsta Summary
Zemsta
by Aleksander Fredro 1838 120 pages
3.16
15k+ ratings
School
Classics
Polish Literature
Electra Summary
Electra
by Euripides 112 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena Summary
Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena
by Georg Büchner 1879 86 pages
3.27
3k+ ratings
Classics
School
Drama
Grease Summary
Grease
by Ron De Christoforo 1978 224 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Plays
Romance
Young Adult
Wilhelm Tell Summary
Wilhelm Tell
by Friedrich Schiller 1804 144 pages
3.21
9k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
German Literature
The House of Blue Leaves Summary
The House of Blue Leaves
by John Guare 1971 80 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Plays
Theatre
Drama
La dama del alba Summary
La dama del alba
by Alejandro Casona 1947 160 pages
3.85
5k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Spanish Literature
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