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I want to read plays from the modernist era. I have a good grasp on the novels and poetry of the time but am very ignorant of the Theater.

I would prefer to read plays like Faust that are not meant to be realistic and are maybe more allegorical, like closet dramas. Strindbergs dream play is pretty much the style I'm looking for but I'll take any rec's for good ones.
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I keep trying to have theater threads and nobody responds so I doubt this will go anywhere OP.

I've really enjoyed the following plays but I don't think they're particularly modernist.

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
(the one with Dustin Hoffmann and John Malcovich, available on tpb)

Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'neill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uVwAPVfDnI

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wifcyo64n-w


I would watch them in that order, they're all really fantastic but also long. Great for a Saturday evening at home alone. Long Day's Jorney into Night is slow to start, but stick it out because the last hour and especially half hour are worth every second.
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I've read "death of a salesman" and I've watched Waiting for Godot, and I preferred Godot much more than the former. Thanks for the O'Niell one.
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