one-act

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His performance in Horton Foote's one-act play The Midnight Caller led the playwright to recommend him for the role of Boo Radley in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

For the occasion, artistic director Susan Jaffe astutely chose 11 one-act ballets and four pas de deux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

“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

The smaller canvas of the one-act form allowed Greenberg to hone in his theatrical vision.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

I haven’t made any suggestions, since I’m not exactly sure what a one-act play is, or what I’m doing here.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan