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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,[when?] the 10-minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre 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]




Contents





  • 1 One-act plays by major dramatists


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 Sources


  • 5 External links




One-act plays by major dramatists



  • Edward Albee – The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002)


  • Samuel Beckett – Krapp's Last Tape (1958)


  • Anton Chekhov – A Marriage Proposal (1890)


  • Israel Horovitz – Line (1974)


  • Eugène Ionesco – The Bald Soprano (1950)


  • Arthur Miller – A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)


  • August Strindberg – Pariah (1889), Motherly Love (1892), and The First Warning (1892)


  • Thornton Wilder – The Long Christmas Dinner (1931)


  • Cormac McCarthy – The Sunset Limited (2006)


See also


  • List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams

  • Monodrama


References




  1. ^ Francis M. Dunn. Tragedy's End: Closure and Innovation in Euripidean Drama. Oxford University Press (1996).




Sources


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External links


  • One Act Play Depot








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