Category
page 1Plays adapted into operas
Romeo and Juliet
tragedy by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
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.
Macbeth
upright=1.2|thumb|A poster for a American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches, the aftermath of the murder of Duncan, Banquo's ghost, Macbeth dueling Macduff, and Macbeth.
Othello
thumb|Othello and Desdemona in Venice by [[Théodore Chassériau, 1850]]
King Lear
tragedy by William Shakespeare
Faust
play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A Midsummer Night's Dream
play by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
play by William Shakespeare
Antigone
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
The Merchant of Venice
play by Shakespeare set in the Republic of Venice
Richard III
Shakespearean history play
Three Sisters
play by Anton Chekhov
The Winter's Tale
play by Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest
play written by Oscar Wilde
The Seagull
play by Anton Chekhov
The Merry Wives of Windsor
play written by Shakespeare
Electra
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
The Bacchae
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
A Streetcar Named Desire
1947 US play by Tennessee Williams
The Robbers
play by Friedrich Schiller
Alcestis
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Iphigenia in Aulis
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Six Characters in Search of an Author
play written by Luigi Pirandello
Cyrano de Bergerac
play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand
Ubu roi
1895 play by Alfred Jarry
Le Cid
play by Pierre Corneille
The House of Bernarda Alba
play by Federico García Lorca (1936)
Don Carlos
play written by Friedrich Schiller
Iphigenia in Tauris
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Woyzeck
Woyzeck () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil Franzos, and was first performed at the Residence Theatre in Munich on 8 November 1913.
Intrigue and Love
1784 play by Friedrich Schiller
Mary Stuart
play by Friedrich Schiller
No Exit
1944 play by Jean-Paul Sartre
William Tell
1804 play written by Friedrich Schiller
Blood Wedding
play by Federico García Lorca
Les Précieuses ridicules
satirical play by Molière
Miss Julie
play written by A. Strindberg
Boris Godunov
play written by Alexander Pushkin
Helen
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
The Crucible
1953 play by Arthur Miller
The Maid of Orleans
tragedy by Friedrich Schiller
The Marriage of Figaro
French play by Pierre Beaumarchais
Yerma
Yerma is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime.
Ruy Blas
tragedy by Victor Hugo
Hernani
play by Victor Hugo
Caligula
play by Albert Camus
Le Médecin malgré lui
comedy play by Molière
Endgame
play by Samuel Beckett
The Dybbuk
play written by S. Ansky
The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest
play by Tirso de Molina
Il servitore di due padroni
Comedy written by Carlo Goldoni
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
comédie-ballet by Molière
The Blue Bird
play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Feast in Time of Plague
play by Alexander Pushkin
Mozart and Salieri
1830 poetic drama by Alexander Pushkin
Desire Under the Elms
play by Eugene O’Neill
The Barber of Seville
French play by Pierre Beaumarchais
The Storm
play by Alexander Ostrovsky
Beyond the Horizon
play by Eugene O'Neill