Category
page 1Plays about prostitution
The Visit
tragicomic play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Lulu
unfinished opera by Alban Berg
Mṛcchakaṭikā
Mṛcchakatika (), also spelled Mṛcchakaṭikā, Mrchchhakatika, Mricchakatika, or Mrichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Śūdraka (Simuka), an ancient playwright who is possibly from the 5th century CE, and who is identified by the prologue as a Kshatriya king as well as a devotee of Shiva who lived for above 110 years. The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Pālaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BCE. The central story is that of a noble but impoverished young Br
Anna Christie
1921 play written by Eugene O'Neill
The Respectful Prostitute
1947 play written by Jean-Paul Sartre
Bacchides
ancient Roman play by Plautus
Truculentus
Truculentus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Following the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, it contains perhaps Plautus's most cynical depiction of human nature in comparison with his other surviving plays.
Filumena Marturano
1946 play by Eduardo De Filippo
Blasted
Blasted is the first play by the British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London.
Pandora's Box
tragedy written by Frank Wedekind