one-act

Example Sentences

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With the rising arc of a one-act play, things there will get out of hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

The company’s initial performance contains two one-act plays, modern interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Simply put, the Koch’s autumn programming tends to present mixed bills of one-act, often storyless works that emphasize the ballet part of the company’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“Blue Moon” is essentially a one-act play, which is to say it’s all talk, and likely to bore those who are primarily interested in spectacle, or even high drama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

She had a wonderful memory of journeying to a strange part of Brooklyn to see the great Sarah Bernhardt in a one-act play in a Keith vaudeville house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith