100 Drama Bahasa Inggris Terbaik

Mungkin anda gemar mengoleksi Naskah Drama Bahasa Inggris. Mungkin anda juga belum tahu Drama Bahasa Inggris terbaik itu berjudul apa dan ditulis oleh siapa. Oleh karena itu anda wajib membaca tulisan 100 drama bahasa Inggris terbaik ini.

Dalam dunia kesusastraan (literature), drama adalah materi yang wajib dipelajari dan Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa global jelas sangat berpengaruh untuk perkembangan drama. Maka tidak heran drama-drama berkualitas tinggi berasal dari karya sastrawan dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggris.

Banyak sekali drama yang tersebar di muka bumi ini, tidak hanya Drama bahasa Inggris saja yang menghiasi dunia sastra, tapi juga drama bahasa Indonesia juga ikut ambil bagian dalam pengembangan sastra ini. Lihat saja banyak sekali blogger yang menawarkan banyak naskah drama, begitu banyak pula pastinya yang harus diketahui jika memang benar-benar ingin mendalami drama. Akan tetapi sudah tahukah kita tentang drama bahasa inggris terbaik yang mungkin bisa dipentaskan? Nah disinilah saya akan menawarkan 100 Drama Bahasa Inggris terbaik yang saya ringkas dari Buku The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time yang wajib anda ketahui bersama:

1. KING LEAR  - by William Shakespeare
2. OEDIPUS THE KING  - by Sophocles
3. HAMLET  - by William Shakespeare
4. ORESTEIA  - by Aeschylus
5. MACBETH  - by William Shakespeare
6.  LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT  - by Eugene O’Neill
7.  OTHELLO  - by William Shakespeare
8. WAITING FOR GODOT  - by Samuel Becket
9. MEDEA  - by Euripides
10. TWELFTH NIGHT  - by William Shakespeare
11.  A DOLL’S HOUSE  - by Henrik Ibsen
12. THE CHERRY ORCHARD – by Anton Chekhov
13.  BACCHAE  - by Euirpides
14. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST  - by Oscar Wilde
15. ANTIGONE  - by Sophocles
16. TARTUFFE  - by Moliere
17.  ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA  - by William Shakespeare
18. MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN  - by Bertolt Brecht
19. LYSISTRATA  - by Aristophanes
20. DOCTOR FAUSTUS  - by Christopher Marlowe
21. DEATH OF A SALESMAN  -     by Arthur Miller
22. WOYZECK – by Georg Büchner
23. VOLPONE, OR THE FOX  - by Ben Jonson
24. HENRY IV  - by William Shakespeare
25. THE WAY OF THE WORLD  - by William Congreve
26. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIR – by Tennessee Williams
27. THE TEMPEST  -  by William Shakespeare
28. MAJOR BARBARA  - by by George Bernard Shaw
29. ENDGAME  - by Samuel Beckett
30. S´AKUNTALA¯ - by Kalidasa
31. MISS JULIE  - August Stindberg
32. THE PEONY PAVILION  - Tang Xianzu
33. THE MISANTHROPE  - by Moliere
34. THREE SISTERS  - Anton Chekhov
35. LIFE IS A DREAM  - by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
36. HEDDA GABLER  - by Henrik Ibsen
37. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL  - by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
38. THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD  - by John Millington Synge
39. THE ICEMAN COMETH  - by Eugene O’Neill
40. THE LOVE SUICIDES AT SONEZAKI  - by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
41.  EVERYMAN  - by Anonimous
42. ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES  - by Tony Kushner
43. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM  - by William Shakespeare
44. SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR  - by Luigi Pirandello
45. MAN AND SUPERMAN  - by George Bernard Shaw
46. PHÈDRE  - by Jean Racine
47. ROMEO AND JULIET  - by William Shakespeare
48. LOOK BACK IN ANGER  -  by John Osborne
49. THE HOMECOMING  - by Harold Pinter
50. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?  - by Edward Albee
51. THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS  - by Sean O’Casey
52. THE ALCHEMIST  - by Ben Jonson
53. TROJAN WOMEN  - by Euripides
54. SAINT JOAN  - by George Bernard Shaw
55. BLOOD WEDDING  - Federico Garcia Lorca
56. THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO  - by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
57. THE GLASS MENAGERIE – by Tennessee William
58. THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN – Bertolt Brecht
59. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER  - by Oliver Goldsmith
60. MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL  - by T.S. Elliot
61. THE BALD SOPRANO  - by Eugene Ionesco
62. THE GHOST SONATA  - by August Strindberg
63. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL  - by Nikolai Gogol
64. THE CRUCIBLE  - by Arthur Miller
65. MARAT/SADE  - by Peter Weiss
66. TRANSLATIONS  - by Brian Friel
67. THE BEGGAR’S OPERA  - by John Gay
68. AMPHITRYON  - by Plautus
69. NO EXIT  - by Jean-Paul Sartre
70. A RAISIN IN THE SUN  - by Larraine Hansberry
71. OUR TOWN  - by Thornton Wilder
72. THE COUNTRY WIFE  - by William Wycherley
73. TRAVESTIES  - Tom Stoppard
74. THE LOWER DEPTHS  - by Maxim Gorky
75. PRIVATE LIVES – by Noel Coward
76. FOOL FOR LOVE  - Sam Shepard
77. A FLEA IN HER EAR  - by Georges Feydean
78. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS  - David Mamet
79. KING UBU  - Alfred Jarry
80. CLOUD NINE  - by Caryl Chruchill
81. AT THE HAWK’S WELL  - by William Butler Yeats
82. ORPHEUS  - by Jean Coctean
83. “MASTER HAROLD” . . . AND THE BOYS – by Athol Fugard
84. THE WELL-CURB  - by Zeami Motokiyo
85. THE OTHER SHORE  - by Gao Xinjian
86. THE LITTLE FOXES  - by Lilliam Hellman
87. FENCES  - by August Wilson
88. THE DYBBUK  - by S. Ansky
89. THE VISIT  - by Friedrick Diirrentmatt
90. THE WEAVERS  - by Gerhart Hauptmann
91. LE CID  - by Pierre Corneille
92. THE ROVER – by Aphra Behn
93. AWAKE AND SING!  - by Clifford Odets
94. THE BROTHERS  - by Terence
95. THE BALCONY  - by Jean Genet
96. ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST  - by Dario Fo
97. THE HOSTAGE – by Brendan Behan
98. THE HEIDI CHRONICLES – by Wendy Wassertein
99. THE KING’S THE BEST MAGISTRATE  - by Lope de Vega
100. PETER PAN – by James M. Barrie

Drama—dalam Bahasa Inggris disebut Play—diatas semoga saja member manfaat bagi siapa saja yang membutuhkan kumpulan drama bahasa Inggris. See you…

Referensi:

Burt, Daniel S. 2008. The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time. USA: Facts On File, Inc.

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