Playwrights Galore (2018)
As we bid goodbye to 2018, here's my annual list of playwrights from whom I've seen at least three plays. Been doing this for the past eight years now and it's a great way of charting my changing theatrical diet.
No new joiners this year but local Singaporean playwrights continue to steadily climb, with Haresh Sharma and Alfian Sa'at at 19 and 12 plays respectively and Chong Tze Chien at a respectable eight. It's only a matter of time before they eclipse Shakespeare on my list!
William Shakespeare (21)
- Twelfth Night (x4)No new joiners this year but local Singaporean playwrights continue to steadily climb, with Haresh Sharma and Alfian Sa'at at 19 and 12 plays respectively and Chong Tze Chien at a respectable eight. It's only a matter of time before they eclipse Shakespeare on my list!
William Shakespeare (21)
- Romeo & Juliet (x4)
- Macbeth (x4)
- The Taming of the Shrew (x3)
- The Tempest (x3)
- Hamlet (x3)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (x3)
- Othello (x2)
- King Lear (x2)
- Richard III (x2)
- Julius Caesar (x2)
- Coriolanus
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Winter's Tale
- The Merchant of Venice
- Henry VI Part I
- Henry VI Part II
- Henry VI Part III
- Henry IV Part I
- Henry IV Part II
- Henry V
Haresh Sharma (19)
- Mixed Blessings
- What Big Bombs You Have!!!
- Mobile
- Off Centre
- Gemuk Girls
- godeatgod
- Best Of
- Poor Thing
- Pioneer (Girls) Generation
- Ghost Writer
- Best Of (His Story)
- Actor, Forty
- Those Who Can't, Teach
- Fundamentally Happy
- This Chord and Others
- Hope
- Tropicana the Musical
- Sanctuary
- Underclass
Alfian Sa'at (12)
- Cooling Off Day (x2)
- Homesick
- Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1
- Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2
- Hansel & Gretel
- Cook a Pot of Curry
- Geng Rebut Cabinet
- Hotel
- Siti Khalijah: An Actress Prepares
- Mama White Snake
- The Insiders
- Tiger of Malaya
- Absurd Person Singular
- Table Manners
- Living Together
- Round and Round the Garden
- Bedroom Farce
- Taking Steps
- Season's Greetings
- Snake in the Grass
- Life of Riley
- Relatively Speaking
- A Small Family Business
Chong Tze Chien (8)
- Rant & Rave (x2)
- Real Men, Fake Orgasms
- Spoilt
- Turn by Turn We Turn
- Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde
- Between the Lines: Rant and Rave II
- Poop!
- Framed, by Adolf
Noel Coward (5)
- Present Laughter
- Blithe Spirit
- Private Lives
- Design for Living
- Hay Fever
Irfan Kasban (5)
- 94:05 (x2)
- Genap 40
- W.C.
- Tahan
- Angkat
Harold Pinter (4)
- The Lover (x2)
- The Dumb Waiter
- The Collection
- Betrayal
Neil Simon (4)
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (x2)
- The Odd Couple (female version)
- Rumors
- Lost in Yonkers
Tom Stoppard (4)
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Arcadia
- The Real Thing
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Arther Miller (4)
- The Man Who Had All the Luck
- The Crucible
- All My Sons
- Death of a Salesman
Tennessee Williams (4)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- The Glass Menagerie
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Sweet Bird of Youth
Huzir Sulaiman (4)
- Occupation
- Atomic Jaya
- The Weight of Silk on Skin
- The Last Bull: A Life in Flamenco
Zizi Azah (4)
- The Gunpowder Trail
- Paradise
- Yusof
- How Did the Cat Get So Fat?
David Mamet (3)
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Speed-the-Plow
- November
Anton Chekhov (3)
- The Seagull
- Ivanov
- The Cherry Orchard
Peter Shaffer (3)
- Black Comedy
- White Lies
- Equus
Henrik Ibsen (3)
- An Enemy of the People (x3)
- Hedda Gabler
- The Master Builder
Kuo Pao Kun (3)
- The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole
- Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral
- The Spirits Play
Joel Tan (3)
- Jack and the Bean-Sprout
- The Way We Go
- Tango
Faith Ng (3)
- For Better or For Worse
- Normal
- Whale Fall
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