Metafictional plays

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.

play by William Shakespeare

play by Samuel Beckett

play written by Luigi Pirandello

1966 play by Tom Stoppard

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (), is a play written in 1963 by Peter Weiss and fully staged for the first time the following year. The work was first published in German.

Play by Thomas Kyd

Spamalot (also known as '''''Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail') is a musical with music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and lyrics and a book by Idle. Based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical offers a highly irreverent parody of Arthurian legend, with the title being a portmanteau of Spam and Camelot.

1982 play written by Michael Frayn

Tom Stoppard play

theatrical play by Federica García Lorca

play by Thornton Wilder

Play by Ira Levin