One-Act Plays by classic and contemporary playwrights.
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At the One-Act Play Site you'll find one-act plays written by some of the world's greatest authors. The one-act play, like the short story, has come into it's own and it is exceeding in high places. The recent hit Broadway production of "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" feature three one-act plays written by one of the theatre's most prolific playwrights, Thorton Wilder. Other One-Act Broadway openings included "Five by Tenn" and "After The Night & The Music", showcasing authors Tennessee Williams and Elaine May, respectively.
The one-act play is with us and is asking for consideration. It is challenging our attention whether we will or not. In both Europe and America it is one of the conspicuous factors in present-day dramatic activity. Theatre managers, stage designers, actors, playwrights, and professors in universities recognize its presence as a vital force. Professional theatre folk and. . . [more]
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ONE-ACT PLAYS:
| The Stronger A Pair Of Lunatics The Boor Abortion The Camberly Triangle The Genius A Dollar The Reckoning The Outside |
Suppressed Desires Moonshine The Pot Boiler The Red Feathers Thursday Evening Six Who Pass. . . A Boy Comes Home The Stepmother Trifles |
Dramatic Analysis of One-Act Play
-THEME
-TECHNIQUE
-CHARACTERS
-PLOT
-THE BEGINNING
-THE MIDDLE
-THE END
-DIALOGUE
-STAGE BUSINESS & DIRECTIONS
::The One-Act Play as A Specific Dramatic Type
::The Proper Approach to the Study of the One-Act Play
::Advice to Playwrights from George Bernard Shaw, "How To Write A Play".
::Intro on the Reading of Plays