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A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. The origin of the one-act play may be traced to the very beginning of drama: in ancient Greece, Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides, is an early example.[1]
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One-act plays by major dramatists
- Anton Chekhov - A Marriage Proposal (1890)
- Arthur Miller - A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
- Israel Horovitz - Line (1974)
- August Strindberg - Pariah (1888), Motherly Love (1892), and The First Warning (1892)
See also
- List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams
- Monodrama
- Plays categorised as one-act plays on Wikipedia
References
- ^ Francis M. Dunn. Tragedy's End: Closure and Innovation in Euripidean Drama. Oxford University Press (1996).
External links
- Small-Cast One-Act Guide Online
- One-Act-Plays.com
- One-Act, One Page Plays (royalty free)
- One Act Play Depot
- One Act Plays & Monologues
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