Century's 100 Most Significant Plays- Brit List

In Autumn 1998 playwrights, actors, directors, journalists and other theatre professionals were asked to nominate ten English language, twentieth-century plays that they considered 'significant'.
As a result, 188 authors were nominated for 377 different plays. Arthur Miller was the most nominated author, closely followed by Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. By including each playwright only once, with their most voted for work, the project aimed to present a broad and diverse picture of the last 100 years of theatre. This list was compiled by Brits for the National Theater's Century Project. I wonder what an American list would look like? Considerably different considering there are a lot of great American plays missing from the list. Can you name some that are missing? August Wilson is certainly not here and neither is Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."

How many of these have you seen? Read? Know?

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1 Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett
2 Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
3 A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams
4 Look Back in Anger John Osborne
5 Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene 0'Neill
6 The Crucible Arthur Miller
7= Private Lives Noel Coward
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Tom Stoppard
9= Angels in America Tony Kushner
The Caretaker Harold Pinter
11 Saved Edward Bond
12 The Homecoming Harold Pinter
13= Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw
Racing Demon David Hare
15 Juno and the Paycock Sean O'Casey
16= Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw
Top Girls Caryl Churchill
18= Playboy of the Western World JM Synge
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
20 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan
21 The Birthday Party Harold Pinter
22= Arcadia Tom Stoppard
An Inspector Calls JB Priestley
Loot Joe Orton
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams
The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn
Translations Brian Friel
28= Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams
The Entertainer John Osborne
The Voysey Inheritance Harley Granville Barker
31 The Plough and the Stars Sean O'Casey
32= Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet
No Man's Land Harold Pinter
34= Journey's End RC Sherriff
Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw
36= Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn
The Browning Version Terence Rattigan
Our Country's Good Timberlake Wertenbaker
Road Jim Cartwright
40= Endgame Samuel Beckett
The Iceman Cometh Eugene O'Neill
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
The Vortex Noel Coward
The Weir Conor McPherson
45= Nicholas Nickleby David Edgar
Peter Pan JM Barrie
Roots Arnold Wesker
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance John Arden
What the Butler Saw Joe Orton
50= Betrayal Harold Pinter
Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
Cloud Nine Caryl Churchill
Comedians Trevor Griffiths
Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel
The Front Page Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Master Harold... and the Boys Athol Fugard
Pravda Howard Brenton and David Hare
A Taste of Honey Shelagh Delaney
59= Closer Patrick Marber
Entertaining Mr Sloane Joe Orton
Jumpers Tom Stoppard
Oh What a Lovely War Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop
The Madness of George III Alan Bennett
Murder In the Cathedral TS Eliot
The Pink Room (Absolute Hell) Rodney Ackland
Plenty David Hare
Sizwe Bansi is Dead Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona
68= All My Sons Arthur Miller
Equus Peter Shaffer
Insignificance Terry Johnson
Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw
Oleanna David Mamet
Royal Hunt of the Sun Peter Shaffer
Skylight David Hare
Waste Harley Granville Barker
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd DH Lawrence
77= Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn
The Faith Healer Brian Friel
Family Reunion TS Eliot
Forty Years On Alan Bennett
Noises Off Michael Frayn
Serious Money Caryl Churchill
Time and the Conways JB Priestley
When We Are Married JB Priestley
85= Amadeus Peter Shaffer
The Children's Hour Lillian Hellman
Copenhagen Michael Frayn
The Daughter-in-Law DH Lawrence
Dead Funny Terry Johnson
Design for Living Noel Coward
Good CP Taylor
Home David Storey
The Lady's Not for Burning Christopher Fry
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme Frank McGuinness
Old Times Harold Pinter
The Philanthropist Christopher Hampton
Plunder Ben Travers
Run For Your Wife Ray Cooney