some of the most popular plays across centuries that everyone must read at least once in their lifetime
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last updated February, 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Sophocles Sophocles
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus Aeschylus
The Misanthrope
Molière Molière
Romeo and Juliet
Medea
Euripides Euripides
The Imaginary Invalid
Molière
Le Cid
Pierre Corneille
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
Tartuffe
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