I need good plays that middle and high school students can read, lower and upper level. To study and analyze

Here’s a few that I’ve studied in theatre history classes (just for reading and writing papers on, that sort of thing):

Glass Menagerie
A Doll’s House
Importance of Being Earnest
Tartuffe
A Raisin in the Sun
Oedipus the King
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Trifles

Of, course, Shakespeare is a given. Here’s some of my favorites:
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
Macbeth

7 Responses

1. ZuZaNeCzKa Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 8:29 pm

   Romeo and Juliet is good for both the high school and middle school. It’s not very hard at all.
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2. pmcdougl Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 8:48 pm

   The Glass Menagerie is a great one about the loss of innocence and about becoming independent.
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3. Gort Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 9:13 pm

   west side story is one that comes to mind.
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4. Kristen Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 9:28 pm

   Here’s a few that I’ve studied in theatre history classes (just for reading and writing papers on, that sort of thing):

   Glass Menagerie
   A Doll’s House
   Importance of Being Earnest
   Tartuffe
   A Raisin in the Sun
   Oedipus the King
   Uncle Tom’s Cabin
   Six Characters in Search of an Author
   Trifles

   Of, course, Shakespeare is a given. Here’s some of my favorites:
   Hamlet
   Romeo and Juliet
   Midsummer Night’s Dream
   Twelfth Night
   Much Ado About Nothing
   Macbeth
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   I have a degree in theatre.

5. The Rogue Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 9:55 pm

   California Suite, very funny if you do it right.
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6. Theatre Doc Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 10:08 pm

   go to samuelfrench.com
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7. dotdotdot Says:
   January 1st, 2010 at 10:37 pm

   i agree with Kristen. Also, you could try some school play classics such as Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, West Side Story. Some Hamlet, Othello or Romeo and Juliet is fine,, if you dont think that it’s overrated or boring.
   u can also do excerpts from huge plays such as the Indian Mahabharata, which i did during my last final senior play. but be sure to tell them the beginning and the preceedinng scenes before you begin the scene though..
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   im a very active member in my school’s performing arts department.
   and have just freshly graduated from high school, so my memory is quite reliable.^^

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