List of plays with anti-war themes

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An anti-war play is a play that is perceived as having an anti-war theme.

Some plays that are often thought of as anti-war plays are:

• Lysistrata - Aristophanes
• The Trojan War Will Not Take Place - Jean Giraudoux
• Mother Courage and Her Children - Bertolt Brecht
• Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical - Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Music by Galt MacDermot