A Nutshell History of Western Theatre

The Nutshell History of Western Theatre — From Sophocles to Stoppard
Bethany Branch Books Talk, May 7, 2010 and Gere Branch Books Talk, May 10, 2010
Jim W.

Jim, from the Gere Branch, discussed a variety of seminal works from the history of Western Theatre, all listed below…

Oedipus the King
by Sophocles [882 Sop]

Lysistrata
by Aristophanes [882 Ari]

Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe [822 Mar]

Hamlet
by William Shakespeare [822.33 ShaS7_ and others]

The Beggar’s Opera
by John Gay [Music 782.12 Gay]

A Doll’s House
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs]

Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs]

Ghosts
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs and others]

Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs and others]

Dream Play
by August Strindberg [various call #]

Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg [various call #]

Miss Julie
by August Strindberg [various call #]

Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov [891.7 Che and others]

Sea Gull
by Anton Chekhov [891.7 Che and others]

Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov [891.72 Che and others]

Major Barbara
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha]

Man and Superman
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha]

Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha and others]

The Lower Depths
by Maxim Gorky [various call #s]

Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello [various call #s]

Life of Galileo
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]

Mother Courage
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]

The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]

Threepenny Opera
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]

Our Town
by Thornton Wilder [812 Wil and others]

All My Sons
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil]

The Crucible
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil]

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil and others]

The Blacks: A Clown Show
by Jean Genet [842 Gen]

Endgame
by Samuel Beckett [822 Bec and others]

Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett [various call #s]

Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne [822 Osb]

The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter [822 Pin and others]

The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter [822 Pin]

Marat/Sade
by Peter Weiss [832 Wei]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard [822 Sto]

Travesties
by Tom Stoppard [822 Sto]

Jesus Christ, Superstar
by Andrew Lloyd Webber [782.141 Llo and others]

Godspell
by Stephen Schwartz [782.141 Sch]

Tommy
by The Who [various call #s]