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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1958 play by Archibald MacLeish</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-style: italic">J.B.</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data description"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" title="Archibald MacLeish">Archibald MacLeish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Characters</th><td class="infobox-data">Mr. Zuss<br />Nickles<br />J.B.<br />Sarah<br /> David<br />Jonathan<br />Mary <br />Ruth<br />Rebecca<br />First Messenger<br /> Second Messenger<br />Girl<br />Jolly<br />Bildad <br />Zophar<br /> Eliphaz<br />Mrs. Adams<br />Mrs. Murphy<br />Mrs. Lesure<br />Mrs. Botticelli<br />A Distant Voice<br />Sally Gibson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date premiered</th><td class="infobox-data">December 11, 1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Place premiered</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ANTA_Playhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="ANTA Playhouse">ANTA Playhouse</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data">A retelling of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job" title="Book of Job">Book of Job</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Drama</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Setting</th><td class="infobox-data">A stage inside an enormous circus tent</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>J.B.</b></i> is a 1958 play written in <a href="/wiki/Free_verse" title="Free verse">free verse</a> by American playwright and poet <a href="/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" title="Archibald MacLeish">Archibald MacLeish</a>, and is a modern-day retelling of the story of the biblical figure <a href="/wiki/Job_(biblical_figure)" title="Job (biblical figure)">Job</a>. The play is about J.B. (a stand-in for Job), a devout millionaire with a happy domestic life whose life is ruined. The play went through several incarnations before it was finally published. MacLeish began the work in 1953 as a one-act production, but within three years, had expanded it to a full, three-act manuscript. </p><p>The play has won several accolades, including the 1959 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Play">Tony Award for Best Play</a> and the 1959 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a>. </p><p>Two versions of <i>J.B.</i> are available, the original book, published by <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt" title="Houghton Mifflin Harcourt">Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</a>, and the script that MacLeish revised substantially for Broadway, published by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_French_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel French Inc.">Samuel French Inc.</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.B._(play)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The play opens in "a corner inside an enormous circus tent". Two vendors, Mr. Zuss (evoking the chief Greek god <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>) and Nickles (i.e. "Old Nick," a folk name for the Devil) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> begin the <a href="/wiki/Play-within-a-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-within-a-play">play-within-a-play</a> by assuming the roles of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>, respectively. They overhear J.B., a wealthy New York banker, describe his prosperity as a just reward for his faithfulness to God. Scorning him, Nickles wagers that J.B. will curse God if his life is ruined. Nickles and Zuss then watch as J.B.'s children are killed and his property is ruined and the former millionaire is left to the streets. J.B. is then visited by three Comforters: Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar (representing <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>), who each offer a different explanation for his plight. J.B. declines to believe any of them, instead asking God himself to explain. Instead, he encounters Zuss and Nickles. Nickles urges him to commit suicide to spite God; Zuss offers him his old life back if he will promise to obey God. J.B. rejects them both, and instead finds comfort in the person of his wife Sarah. The play ends with the two building a new life together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Productions">Productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.B._(play)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A first production was mounted by the <a href="/wiki/Yale_School_of_Drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale School of Drama">Yale School of Drama</a> at the Yale University Theater, New Haven, opening April 23, 1958. <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Atkinson" title="Brooks Atkinson">Brooks Atkinson</a> wrote: "Being in an expansive mood, Archibald MacLeish has written an epic of mankind. He calls it "J.B." It was acted for the first time at the Yale University Theatre last evening." Directed by F. Curtis Canfield, the cast included James Shepherd as J.B.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The three-act version premiered on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/ANTA_Playhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="ANTA Playhouse">ANTA Playhouse</a> on December 11, 1958, and closed on October 24, 1959, after 364 performances. Directed by <a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a>, the cast included <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Massey" title="Raymond Massey">Raymond Massey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nan_Martin" title="Nan Martin">Nan Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Francis" title="Ivor Francis">Ivor Francis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Hingle" title="Pat Hingle">Pat Hingle</a> (J.B.), <a href="/wiki/Clifton_James" title="Clifton James">Clifton James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judith_Lowry" title="Judith Lowry">Judith Lowry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candy_Moore" title="Candy Moore">Candy Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Olson_(actor)" title="James Olson (actor)">James Olson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Rainey" title="Ford Rainey">Ford Rainey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Voutsinas" title="Andreas Voutsinas">Andreas Voutsinas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vault_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vault-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brooks Atkinson wrote: "For 'J. B.', the title of Archibald MacLeish's new play at the ANTA Theatre, read 'Everyman'. Looking around at the wreckage and misery of the modern world, Mr. MacLeish has written a fresh and exalting morality that has great stature."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production was recorded and released by <a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor_Red_Seal" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor Red Seal">RCA Victor Red Seal</a>. </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">off-Broadway</a> production by the Equity Library Theatre opened on March 17, 1962, at the Master Theatre, starring <a href="/wiki/John_Cazale" title="John Cazale">John Cazale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The play was performed at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Reno" title="University of Nevada, Reno">University of Nevada</a> in <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore</a> in 1963, in College Park Maryland at the University of Maryland in 1965,<a href="/wiki/Hannibal%E2%80%93LaGrange_University" title="Hannibal–LaGrange University">Hannibal-LaGrange College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hannibal,_Missouri" title="Hannibal, Missouri">Hannibal, Missouri</a>, in 1966, and <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy, New York</a>, in 1971. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.B._(play)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>J.B. – a millionaire, based on the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> character <a href="/wiki/Job_(biblical_figure)" title="Job (biblical figure)">Job</a></li> <li>Sarah – J.B.'s wife</li> <li>Mr. Zuss – a retired-actor-now-balloon-vendor in a circus, assuming the role of the <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic God">Abrahamic God</a></li> <li>Nickles – a retired-actor-now-popcorn-vendor in a circus, assuming the role of <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a></li> <li>The Distant Voice – an anonymous voice that prompts more action in the play, suggested to be the voice of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a></li> <li>The children of J.B. and Sarah – David (13), Mary (12), Jonathan (10), Ruth (8), and Rebecca (6)</li> <li>Two "buxom, middle-aged" Maids</li> <li>Two Messengers: "dressed as soldiers' in scene three, with "battered felt hats...a news camera... a notebook" in scene four, "wearing steel helmets and brassards" in scene six</li> <li>A "stylishly dressed" Girl (scene four)</li> <li>In scene eight, <i>et seq.</i>: "Four Women" (Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Botticelli, Mrs. Lesure, and Mrs. Murphy) and "a young girl" (Jolly Adams), "their arms filled with blankets and newspapers"</li> <li>In scene nine: '"Three Comforters ... in worn-out clothing": Zophar, a fat, red-faced man wearing "the wreck of a <a href="/wiki/Clerical_collar" title="Clerical collar">clerical collar</a>", Eliphaz, lean and dark, wearing "an intern's jacket which once was white", and Bildad, a squat, thick man in a ragged wind-breaker"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.B._(play)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ANTA Playhouse production won the 1959 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Awards</a> for Best Play and Best Direction.<sup id="cite_ref-vault_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vault-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The play won the 1959 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pulitzer Prize committee wrote: " 'Certainly no other play of this or many seasons has attempted to come to grips with so large and universal a theme and succeeded in stating it in terms more eloquent, moving, provocative' than J.B."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span 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OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 9 April 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Atkinson, Brooks. "Archibald Mac Leish's New Play, 'J. B.': Poet's Epic of Mankind Staged at Yale Title Role Is Modern Counterpart of Job", <i>The New York Times</i>, April 24, 1958, p.37, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0362-4331">0362-4331</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vault-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vault_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vault_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/5317/JB">" <i>J.B.</i> 1958"</a> playbillvault.com, accessed November 28, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Atkinson, Brooks. "MacLeish's 'J.B.': Verse Drama Given Premiere at ANTA", <i>The New York Times</i>, December 12, 1958, p.A2, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0362-4331">0362-4331</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=J.B.%20"><i>J.B.</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011224143/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=J.B.%20">Archived</a> 2012-10-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Lortel.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/archibald-macleish-1">"The 1959 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama"</a>. <i>The Pulitzer Prizes</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Pulitzer+Prizes&rft.atitle=The+1959+Pulitzer+Prize+Winner+in+Drama&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pulitzer.org%2Fwinners%2Farchibald-macleish-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJ.B.+%28play%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich. "1959 Award", <i>Outstanding Broadway Dramas and Comedies: Pulitzer Prize Winning Theater Productions</i>, LIT Verlag Münster, 2013, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3643903413" title="Special:BookSources/3643903413">3643903413</a>, p. 88</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J.B._(play)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/4814"><i>J.B.</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway 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16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_17" title="Job 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_18" title="Job 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_19" title="Job 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_20" title="Job 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_21" title="Job 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_22" title="Job 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_23" title="Job 23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_24" title="Job 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_25" title="Job 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_26" title="Job 26">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_27" title="Job 27">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_28" title="Job 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_29" title="Job 29">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_30" title="Job 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_31" title="Job 31">31</a>)</li> <li>Verdicts (<a href="/wiki/Job_32" title="Job 32">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_33" title="Job 33">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_34" title="Job 34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_35" title="Job 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_36" title="Job 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_37" title="Job 37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_38" title="Job 38">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_39" title="Job 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_40" title="Job 40">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_41" title="Job 41">41</a>)</li> <li>Epilogue (<a href="/wiki/Job_42" title="Job 42">42</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People and entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Job's family members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Job%27s_wife" title="Job's wife">Job's wife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemima_(Bible)" title="Jemima (Bible)">Jemima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keziah" title="Keziah">Keziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keren-happuch" title="Keren-happuch">Keren-happuch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Job's friends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bildad" title="Bildad">Bildad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elihu_(Job)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elihu (Job)">Elihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zophar" title="Zophar">Zophar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliphaz_(Job)" title="Eliphaz (Job)">Eliphaz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behemoth" title="Behemoth">Behemoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Chaldeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jobab_ben_Zerah" title="Jobab ben Zerah">Jobab ben Zerah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leviathan" title="Leviathan">Leviathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahab_(term)" title="Rahab (term)">Rahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaeans" title="Sabaeans">Sabeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuah" title="Shuah">Shuah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tannin_(monster)" title="Tannin (monster)">Tannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziz" title="Ziz">Ziz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophir" title="Ophir">Ophir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheba" title="Sheba">Sheba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Tema" title="Land of Tema">Tema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teman_(Edom)" title="Teman (Edom)">Teman (Edom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Uz" title="Land of Uz">Uz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases/Terms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">Eloah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Shaddai" title="El Shaddai">Shaddai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetragrammaton" title="Tetragrammaton">YHWH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chol_(Bible)" title="Chol (Bible)">Chol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related religious texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezekiel" title="Book of Ezekiel">Book of Ezekiel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_14:14" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezekiel 14:14">14:14</a><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_14:20" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezekiel 14:20">–20</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Sirach" title="Book of Sirach">Book of Sirach</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Ecclesiasticus%2049:9&version=nrsvae">49:9</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">Epistle of James</a> (<a href="/wiki/James_5:11" class="mw-redirect" title="James 5:11">5:11</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_Oxyrhynchus_3522" title="Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522">Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Job" title="Testament of Job">Testament of Job</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moralia_in_Job" title="Moralia in Job">Moralia in Job</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moralia_in_Job_(British_Library,_Add_MS_31031)" title="Moralia in Job (British Library, Add MS 31031)">Add MS 31031</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moralia_in_Job_of_945" title="Moralia in Job of 945">of 945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%AEteaux_Moralia_in_Job" title="Cîteaux Moralia in Job">Cîteaux</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_Apples" title="Adam's Apples">Adam's Apples</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Serious_Man" title="A Serious Man">A Serious Man</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reverend_(film)" title="The Reverend (film)">The Reverend</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leviathan_(2014_film)" title="Leviathan (2014 film)">Leviathan</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shift_(2023_film)" title="The Shift (2023 film)">The Shift</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Job_(novel)" title="Job (novel)">Job</a></i> (1930 novel)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Job_(radio_play)" title="Job (radio play)">Job</a></i> (1939 radio play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Masque_of_Reason" title="A Masque of Reason">A Masque of Reason</a></i> (1945 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silverlock" title="Silverlock">Silverlock</a></i> (1949 novel)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Answer_to_Job" title="Answer to Job">Answer to Job</a></i> (1952 analysis)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J.B.</a></i> (1958 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Favorite" title="God's Favorite">God's Favorite</a></i> (1974 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Job%27s_Passion" title="Job's Passion">Job's Passion</a></i> (1981 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Job:_A_Comedy_of_Justice" title="Job: A Comedy of Justice">Job: A Comedy of Justice</a></i> (1984 novel)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Job%27s_Wife" title="Job's Wife">Job's Wife</a></i> (2002 play)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Job_in_Byzantine_illuminated_manuscripts" title="Book of Job in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts">Byzantine illuminated manuscripts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(Shea)" title="Job (Shea)"><i>Job</i></a> (Bronze sculpture by <a href="/wiki/Judith_Shea" title="Judith Shea">Judith Shea</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Blake%27s_Illustrations_of_the_Book_of_Job" title="William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job">William Blake's <i>Illustrations of the Book of Job</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Job" title="Tomb of Job">Tomb of Job</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw" title="wikisource:he:איוב ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%99%CF%8E%CE%B2" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Ιώβ">Septuagint</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/Job" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/Job">Wycliffe Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Job" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/Job">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/Job" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Job">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/Job" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/Job">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Marry%3F" title="Why Marry?">Why Marry?</a></i> (1918)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Horizon_(play)" title="Beyond the Horizon (play)">Beyond the Horizon</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Lulu_Bett_(play)" title="Miss Lulu Bett (play)">Miss Lulu Bett</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Christie" title="Anna Christie">Anna Christie</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Icebound_(play)" title="Icebound (play)">Icebound</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell-Bent_Fer_Heaven" title="Hell-Bent Fer Heaven">Hell-Bent Fer Heaven</a></i> (1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Knew_What_They_Wanted_(play)" title="They Knew What They Wanted (play)">They Knew What They Wanted</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Craig%27s_Wife" title="Craig's Wife">Craig's Wife</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Abraham%27s_Bosom" title="In Abraham's Bosom">In Abraham's Bosom</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Interlude" title="Strange Interlude">Strange Interlude</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Street_Scene_(play)" title="Street Scene (play)">Street Scene</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Pastures" title="The Green Pastures">The Green Pastures</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alison%27s_House" title="Alison's House">Alison's House</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Of_Thee_I_Sing" title="Of Thee I Sing">Of Thee I Sing</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Both_Your_Houses" title="Both Your Houses">Both Your Houses</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_in_White_(play)" title="Men in White (play)">Men in White</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Maid_(play)" title="The Old Maid (play)">The Old Maid</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Idiot%27s_Delight_(play)" title="Idiot's Delight (play)">Idiot's Delight</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)" title="You Can't Take It with You (play)">You Can't Take It with You</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Town" title="Our Town">Our Town</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abe_Lincoln_in_Illinois_(play)" title="Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)">Abe Lincoln in Illinois</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_Your_Life" title="The Time of Your Life">The Time of Your Life</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There_Shall_Be_No_Night" title="There Shall Be No Night">There Shall Be No Night</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Skin_of_Our_Teeth" title="The Skin of Our Teeth">The Skin of Our Teeth</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harvey_(play)" title="Harvey (play)">Harvey</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union_(play)" title="State of the Union (play)">State of the Union</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire" title="A Streetcar Named Desire">A Streetcar Named Desire</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman" title="Death of a Salesman">Death of a Salesman</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/60px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/90px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/120px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png 2x" 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href="/wiki/Picnic_(play)" title="Picnic (play)">Picnic</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teahouse_of_the_August_Moon_(play)" title="The Teahouse of the August Moon (play)">The Teahouse of the August Moon</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_Anne_Frank_(play)" title="The Diary of Anne Frank (play)">The Diary of Anne Frank</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night" title="Long Day's Journey into Night">Long Day's Journey into Night</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Homeward,_Angel_(play)" title="Look Homeward, Angel (play)">Look Homeward, Angel</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J.B.</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fiorello!" title="Fiorello!">Fiorello!</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Way_Home_(play)" title="All the Way Home (play)">All the Way Home</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Succeed_in_Business_Without_Really_Trying_(musical)" title="How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)">How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subject_Was_Roses" title="The Subject Was Roses">The Subject Was Roses</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Delicate_Balance_(play)" title="A Delicate Balance (play)">A Delicate Balance</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope" title="The Great White Hope">The Great White Hope</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Place_to_Be_Somebody" title="No Place to Be Somebody">No Place to Be Somebody</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Effect_of_Gamma_Rays_on_Man-in-the-Moon_Marigolds" title="The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds">The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Championship_Season" title="That Championship Season">That Championship Season</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seascape_(play)" title="Seascape (play)">Seascape</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Box" title="The Shadow Box">The Shadow Box</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gin_Game" title="The Gin Game">The Gin Game</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buried_Child" title="Buried Child">Buried Child</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talley%27s_Folly" title="Talley's Folly">Talley's Folly</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Heart" title="Crimes of the Heart">Crimes of the Heart</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Soldier%27s_Play" title="A Soldier's Play">A Soldier's Play</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%27night,_Mother" title="'night, Mother">'night, Mother</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross" title="Glengarry Glen Ross">Glengarry Glen Ross</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_in_the_Park_with_George" title="Sunday in the Park with George">Sunday in the Park with George</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fences_(play)" title="Fences (play)">Fences</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_(play)" title="Driving Miss Daisy (play)">Driving Miss Daisy</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heidi_Chronicles" title="The Heidi Chronicles">The Heidi Chronicles</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson" title="The Piano Lesson">The Piano Lesson</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Yonkers" title="Lost in Yonkers">Lost in Yonkers</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kentucky_Cycle" title="The Kentucky Cycle">The Kentucky Cycle</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America" title="Angels in America">Angels in America: Millennium Approaches</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Tall_Women" title="Three Tall Women">Three Tall Women</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Man_from_Atlanta" title="The Young Man from Atlanta">The Young Man from Atlanta</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Learned_to_Drive" title="How I Learned to Drive">How I Learned to Drive</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wit_(play)" title="Wit (play)">Wit</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_with_Friends" title="Dinner with Friends">Dinner with Friends</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2025</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Proof_(play)" title="Proof (play)">Proof</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Topdog/Underdog" title="Topdog/Underdog">Topdog/Underdog</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_in_the_Tropics" title="Anna in the Tropics">Anna in the Tropics</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_My_Own_Wife" title="I Am My Own Wife">I Am My Own Wife</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doubt:_A_Parable" title="Doubt: A Parable">Doubt: A Parable</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Hole_(play)" title="Rabbit Hole (play)">Rabbit Hole</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/August:_Osage_County" title="August: Osage County">August: Osage County</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ruined_(play)" title="Ruined (play)">Ruined</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_to_Normal" title="Next to Normal">Next to Normal</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clybourne_Park" title="Clybourne Park">Clybourne Park</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Water_by_the_Spoonful" title="Water by the Spoonful">Water by the Spoonful</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disgraced" title="Disgraced">Disgraced</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flick" title="The Flick">The Flick</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Between_Riverside_and_Crazy" title="Between Riverside and Crazy">Between Riverside and Crazy</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweat_(play)" title="Sweat (play)">Sweat</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cost_of_Living_(play)" title="Cost of Living (play)">Cost of Living</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fairview_(play)" title="Fairview (play)">Fairview</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Strange_Loop" title="A Strange Loop">A Strange Loop</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Wing_King" title="The Hot Wing King">The Hot Wing King</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fat_Ham" title="Fat Ham">Fat Ham</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/English_(play)" title="English (play)">English</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Primary_Trust" title="Primary Trust">Primary Trust</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Award_for_Best_Play" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Mister_Roberts_(play)" title="Mister Roberts (play)">Mister Roberts</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman" title="Death of a Salesman">Death of a Salesman</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cocktail_Party" title="The Cocktail Party">The Cocktail Party</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_Tattoo" title="The Rose Tattoo">The Rose Tattoo</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fourposter" title="The Fourposter">The Fourposter</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crucible" title="The Crucible">The Crucible</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teahouse_of_the_August_Moon_(play)" title="The Teahouse of the August Moon (play)">The Teahouse of the August Moon</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Desperate_Hours_(play)" title="The Desperate Hours (play)">The Desperate Hours</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_Anne_Frank_(play)" title="The Diary of Anne Frank (play)">The Diary of Anne Frank</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night" title="Long Day's Journey into Night">Long Day's Journey into Night</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_at_Campobello_(play)" title="Sunrise at Campobello (play)">Sunrise at Campobello</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J.B.</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Miracle_Worker_(play)" title="The Miracle Worker (play)">The Miracle Worker</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Becket" title="Becket">Becket</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons_(play)" title="A Man for All Seasons (play)">A Man for All Seasons</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luther_(play)" title="Luther (play)">Luther</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subject_Was_Roses" title="The Subject Was Roses">The Subject Was Roses</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marat/Sade" title="Marat/Sade">Marat/Sade</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Homecoming" title="The Homecoming">The Homecoming</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead" title="Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope" title="The Great White Hope">The Great White Hope</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Borstal_Boy_(play)" title="Borstal Boy (play)">Borstal Boy</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleuth_(play)" title="Sleuth (play)">Sleuth</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sticks_and_Bones" title="Sticks and Bones">Sticks and Bones</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Championship_Season" title="That Championship Season">That Championship Season</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_River_Niger" title="The River Niger">The River Niger</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Equus_(play)" title="Equus (play)">Equus</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Travesties" title="Travesties">Travesties</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Box" title="The Shadow Box">The Shadow Box</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Da_(play)" title="Da (play)">Da</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Elephant_Man_(play)" title="The Elephant Man (play)">The Elephant Man</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_God_(play)" title="Children of a Lesser God (play)">Children of a Lesser God</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amadeus_(play)" title="Amadeus (play)">Amadeus</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Nicholas_Nickleby_(play)" title="The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)">The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy" title="Torch Song Trilogy">Torch Song Trilogy</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Thing_(play)" title="The Real Thing (play)">The Real Thing</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Biloxi_Blues" title="Biloxi Blues">Biloxi Blues</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Rappaport" title="I'm Not Rappaport">I'm Not Rappaport</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fences_(play)" title="Fences (play)">Fences</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/M._Butterfly" title="M. Butterfly">M. Butterfly</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heidi_Chronicles" title="The Heidi Chronicles">The Heidi Chronicles</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(play)" title="The Grapes of Wrath (play)">The Grapes of Wrath</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Yonkers" title="Lost in Yonkers">Lost in Yonkers</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_at_Lughnasa" title="Dancing at Lughnasa">Dancing at Lughnasa</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America" title="Angels in America">Angels in America: Millennium Approaches</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America" title="Angels in America">Angels in America: Perestroika</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love!_Valour!_Compassion!" title="Love! Valour! Compassion!">Love! Valour! Compassion!</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Master_Class" title="Master Class">Master Class</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Night_of_Ballyhoo" title="The Last Night of Ballyhoo">The Last Night of Ballyhoo</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Art_(play)" title="Art (play)">'Art'</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Side_Man" title="Side Man">Side Man</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen_(play)" title="Copenhagen (play)">Copenhagen</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Proof_(play)" title="Proof (play)">Proof</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goat,_or_Who_Is_Sylvia%3F" title="The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?">The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Out_(play)" title="Take Me Out (play)">Take Me Out</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_My_Own_Wife" title="I Am My Own Wife">I Am My Own Wife</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doubt:_A_Parable" title="Doubt: A Parable">Doubt: A Parable</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys" title="The History Boys">The History Boys</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coast_of_Utopia" title="The Coast of Utopia">The Coast of Utopia</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/August:_Osage_County" title="August: Osage County">August: Osage County</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_of_Carnage" title="God of Carnage">God of Carnage</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_(play)" title="Red (play)">Red</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_Horse_(play)" title="War Horse (play)">War Horse</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clybourne_Park" title="Clybourne Park">Clybourne Park</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vanya_and_Sonia_and_Masha_and_Spike" title="Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike">Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Way_(play)" title="All the Way (play)">All the Way</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time_(play)" title="The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Humans_(play)" title="The Humans (play)">The Humans</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oslo_(play)" title="Oslo (play)">Oslo</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child" title="Harry Potter and the Cursed Child">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ferryman_(play)" title="The Ferryman (play)">The Ferryman</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inheritance_(play)" title="The Inheritance (play)">The Inheritance</a></i> (2020/21)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lehman_Trilogy" title="The Lehman Trilogy">The Lehman Trilogy</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leopoldstadt_(play)" title="Leopoldstadt (play)">Leopoldstadt</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_(play)" title="Stereophonic (play)">Stereophonic</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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