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The following timeline of twentieth-century theatre offers a year-by-year account of the performance and publication of notable works of drama and significant events in the history of theatre during the 20th century. Musical theatre works are excluded from the list below.


1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905


1906

1907

1908

1909

Poster by Oskar Kokoschka advertising the première of his play

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

The original Broadway production of Ah, Wilderness!, with George M. Cohan, Elisha Cook, Jr., and Gene Lockhart

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

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1950

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