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Moms get a good treatment in the arena of theatre. Except when they don't. Like when a certain Bard writes about them.

Top 5 Stage Moms

1. Lady Capulet, Shakespeare's "Romeo and "Juliet": Frets about her dumb daughter. Swears revenge on Romeo. Maybe hooked up with Tybalt. What a skank.
2. Gertrude, Shakespeare's "Hamlet": Doesn't care about her hubbie's death and remarries right away. Billy Shakes didn't care much for moms.
3. Nora, Ibsen's "A Doll's House": Is she the ideal wife, or founder of feminist literature? Only you can decide.
4. Wilde – Importance of Being Earnest -- Lady Augusta Bracknell: The embodiment of Victorian primness. Wilde makes her look like a joke. Ruthless and arrogant, just what you want in a mother.
5. Jocasta, Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex": King Lauis looks into her womb and sees Oedipus. Oracle says he'll kill him and marry his wife, Jocasta. The original MILF.