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Here We Are is a one-act play [1] adapted from a short story of the same name by Dorothy Parker.Set in the early 1930s in a Pullman car on a train to New York City, it explores through dialogue the already-testy relationship between a newly married young man and young woman setting out on their honeymoon.
Home Free! is a one-act play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. The play is among Wilson's earlier works, and was first produced off-off-Broadway at the Caffe Cino in 1964. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Line is a 1967 one-act play by Israel Horovitz, his first play produced. It is an absurdist drama about 5 people waiting in line for an event (what event it is, is never made clear—several of the characters' stated expectations contradict the others). Each of the characters uses their wiles in an attempt to be first in line, getting more and ...
It should not be used for full-length plays that have no act divisions. Pages in category "One-act plays" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total.
The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. One act plays make up the overwhelming majority of fringe theatre shows including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The origin of the one-act play may be traced to the very beginning of recorded Western drama: in ancient Greece ...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Sanctuary,” in theaters now. At first glance, Zachary Wigon’s new film “Sanctuary” might seem simple — it was shot in 18 days in a ...
27 Wagons Full of Cotton is a 1946 one-act play that Williams referred to as "a Mississippi Delta comedy." Jake, a middle-aged, shady cotton gin owner with antiquated equipment burns down the mill of the Syndicate Plantation, a rival in the cotton business, where Silva Vicarro serves as Superintendent.
Chamber Music is a 1962 one-act play by absurdist playwright Arthur Kopit. [1] The story is set in 1938 and concerns eight famous women from different historical periods who all are interned in the same insane asylum .