Matthew Lopez books

Matthew Lopez is an American playwright known for The Whipping Man and the Tony Award-winning The Inheritance. His work also appears in the Faber Drama series.

Faber Drama Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Suppliant Women 2017 Buy
The Complete Dramatic Works 1961 Buy
Faith Healer 1980 Buy
Translations 1981 Buy
The Cure at Troy 1991 Buy
Skylight 1995 Buy
Theatre for Children 1999 Buy
The Shape of Things 2001 Buy
The Pillowman 2003 Buy
The History Boys 2004 Buy
Attempts on Her Life 2007 Buy
Midsummer 2009 Buy
Dunsinane 2010 Buy
Black Watch 2010 Buy
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart 2011 Buy
Krapp’s Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays 2012 Buy
Theatre Craft 2013 Buy
Look Back in Anger 2013 Buy
Betrayal 2013 Buy
Impro for Storytellers 2014 Buy
Shakespeare in Love 2014 Buy
Marina Carr Plays 1 2014 Buy
Everyman 2015 Buy
The Hard Problem 2015 Buy
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour 2015 Buy
The Moderate Soprano 2015 Buy
This Restless House 2016 Buy
Labyrinth 2016 Buy
Dedication 2016 Buy
Donegal 2016 Buy
The Red Barn 2016 Buy
The Sewing Group 2016 Buy
Mametz: with a Welsh-language translation 2017 Buy
My Country; A Work In Progress 2017 Buy
The Mentor 2017 Buy
Winter Hill 2017 Buy
The Sum 2017 Buy
Arcadia 2017 Buy
Meet Me at Dawn 2017 Buy
The Lie 2017 Buy
On Blueberry Hill 2017 Buy
Christmas Eve 2017 Buy
Wind Resistance 2017 Buy
Box of Delights 2017 Buy
The Jungle 2017 Buy
Julie 2018 Buy
The Rockingham Shoot And Other Dramatic Writings 2018 Buy
Unicorns, Almost 2018 Buy
Greek and Decadence 2018 Buy
The Meeting 2018 Buy
Alan Ayckbourn 2018 Buy
The Short Plays of Harold Pinter 2018 Buy
Touching the Void 2018 Buy
The Height of the Storm 2018 Buy
The Village 2018 Buy
I’m Not Running 2018 Buy
A Very Very Very Dark Matter 2018 Buy
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other 2019 Buy
The Hamburg Plays 2019 Buy
Writing for Nothing 2019 Buy
The Inheritance 2020 Buy

Plays

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Whipping Man 2009 Buy
The Inheritance 2020 Buy
Reverberation 2024 Buy

Matthew Lopez is an American playwright whose work has been staged across the United States and in London’s West End. The Whipping Man (2009), set in the final days of the Civil War, was his breakout play and has since received hundreds of productions at regional theaters.

The Inheritance (2020), a two-part epic about gay life in New York City inspired by E.M. Forster’s Howards End, won the Tony Award for Best Play and cemented Lopez’s reputation. His most recent play, Reverberation (2024), continues his interest in intimate character drama. Lopez’s work also appears in the Faber Drama series, a major publisher of contemporary plays.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Matthew Lopez written?

Matthew Lopez has written 64 books across two series.

What was Matthew Lopez's first book?

Matthew Lopez’s first book is The Complete Dramatic Works, published in 1961.

What is Matthew Lopez best known for?

Lopez is best known for The Inheritance (2020), a two-part play inspired by E.M. Forster’s Howards End that won the Tony Award for Best Play. His earlier work The Whipping Man (2009), set during the Civil War, was also widely produced.

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