Theatre is a dying art.

Here are 14 examples of excellent plays that are quick and fun to slap your eyes against.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadby Tom Stoppard

The two titular characters are lesser players inHamlet.

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Its one of the least dragging of Shakespeares works, and has plenty of bloodshed to keep things spicy.

Tribesby Nina Raine

A family raises their deaf daughter only to speak and read lips.

Then the girl meets someone willing to teach her sign language and open up a whole new world.

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It also shows the many pitfalls inherent in a jury of ones peers.

Ultimately, his own integrity leads More to be killed for treason.

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare - play

The Theory of Everything by Prince Gomolvilas - play

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe - play

Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose - play

Tribes by Nina Raine - play

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee - play

Angels in America by Tony Kushner - play

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard - play

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza - play

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller - play

Hospitality Suite by Roger Rueff - play

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - play