Reading List

Below is a list of many of the plays students are likely to encounter during their theatre studies at Radford University. It contains those most frequently incorporated into various classes across the department's curriculum. Though by no means exhaustive, it does include a wide range of playwrights, genres, historical time periods and cultural influences. Instructors in the department continuously alternate the scripts they use in classes in an effort to remain current and to include varying perspectives.

  • Zoo Story, The  by Albee, Edward
  • Everyman by  Anonymous
  • Lysistrata by Aristophanes
  • Proof  by Auburn, David
  • Endgame by  Beckett, Samuel
  • Waiting for Godot  by Beckett, Samuel
  • Rover, The  by  Behn, Aphra
  • Mother Courage and her Children by Brecht, Bertolt
  • Threepenny Opera, The by Brecht, Bertolt
  • Life is a Dream by Calderon, Pedro
  • Cherry Orchard, The by Chekhov, Anton
  • Private Lives by Coward, Noel
  • Fairview by Drury, Jackie Sibblies    
  • Medea by Euripides
  • Fefu and Her Friends by Fornes, Maria Irene
  • Master Harold and the Boys by Fugard, Athol
  • Beggar's Opera, The by Gay, John
  • Trifles by Glaspell, Susan
  • Lion in Winter, The by Goldman, James
  • Servant of Two Masters, A by Goldoni, Carlo
  • Revolutionists, The by Gunderson, Lauren
  • Silent Sky by Gunderson, Lauren
  • Raisin in the Sun, A by Hansberry, Lorraine
  • Little Foxes, The by Hellman, Lillian
  • Crimes of the Heart by Henley, Beth
  • Dulcitius by Hrosvitha
  • M. Butterfly by Hwang, David Henry
  • Doll's House, A by Ibsen, Henrik
  • Hedda Gabler by Ibsen, Henrik
  • Picnic by Inge, William
  • Strange Loop, A by Jackson, Michael R.
  • Gruesome Playground Injuries by Joseph, Rajiv
  • Shakuntala by Kalidasa
  • Matsukaze by Kanami Kiyotsugu
  • Angels in America, Millenium Approachesby Kushner, Tony
  • Rabbit Hole by Lindsay-Abaire, David
  • Red  by Logan, John
  • This is Our Youth by Lonergan, Kenneth
  • Race by Mamet, David
  • American Buffalo by Mamet, David
  • Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, Christopher
  • All My Sons by Miller, Arthur
  • Crucible, The by Miller, Arthur
  • Death of a Salesman by Miller, Arthur
  • Tartuffe by Moliere
  • Misanthrope, The by Moliere
  • Moon for the Misbegotten, A by O'Neill, Eugene
  • Long Day's Journey into Night, A by O'Neill, Eugene
  • America Play, The by Parks, Suzan-Lori
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author by Pirandello, Luigi
  • Menaechmus Brothers, The by Plautus
  • God of Carnage by Reza, Yasmina
  • Dead Man's Cell Phone by Ruhl, Sarah
  • No Exit by Sartre, Jean-Paul          
  • Midsummer Night's Dream, A by Shakespeare, William
  • Tragedy of Hamlet, The by Shakespeare, William
  • Tragedy of Macbeth, The by  Shakespeare, William
  • Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
  • Major Barbara by Shaw, George Bernard
  • Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard
  • Buried Child by Shepard, Sam
  • True West by Shepard, Sam
  • Antigone by Sophocles
  • Oedipus the King by Sophocles
  • Death and the King's Horseman by Soyinka, Wole
  • Miss Julie by Strindberg, August
  • How I Learned to Drive by Vogel, Paula
  • Indecent by Vogel, Paula
  • Assassins by Weidman and Sondheim
  • Importance of Being Earnest, The by Wilde, Oscar
  • Our Town by Wilder, Thornton
  • Glass Menagerie, The by Williams, Tennessee
  • Streetcar Named Desire, A by Williams, Tennessee
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Williams, Tennessee
  • Joe Turner's Come and Gone by Wilson, August
  • Fences by Wilson, August
  • Talley's Folly by Wilson, Lanford
  • Burn This by Wilson, Lanford
  • Atsumori by Zeami