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  2. List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Come and Go - Wikipedia

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    Come and Go. Come and Go is a short play (described as a "dramaticule" on its title page) by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in January 1965 and first performed (in German) at the Schillertheater, Berlin on 14 January 1966. Its English language premiere was at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin on 28 February 1968, and its British premiere ...

  4. Breath (play) - Wikipedia

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    Breath (play) Breath. (play) Breath is a unusually short stage work by Samuel Beckett. An altered version was first included in Kenneth Tynan 's revue Oh! Calcutta!, at the Eden Theatre in New York City on 16 June 1969. The UK premiere was at the Close Theatre Club in Glasgow in October 1969; this was the first performance of the text as written.

  5. The Browning Version (play) - Wikipedia

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    The Browning Version. (play) The Browning Version is a play by Terence Rattigan, seen by many as his best work, and first performed on 8 September 1948 at the Phoenix Theatre, London. [1][2] It was originally one of two short plays, jointly titled "Playbill"; the companion piece being Harlequinade, which forms the second half of the evening. [3 ...

  6. Play (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging from London's West End and New York City's Broadway – the highest echelons of commercial theatre ...

  7. Victoria Station (play) - Wikipedia

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    Douglas Hodge directed Robert Glenister and Rufus Sewell in a 15-minute film version, released in 2003 by Alcove Entertainment. [1]Victoria Station was among the short works included in a 2007 London production entitled Pinter's People, in which Bill Bailey played the minicab controller and Kevin Eldon played the cab driver. [2]

  8. The Letter (play) - Wikipedia

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    The Letter is a 1927 play by W. Somerset Maugham, dramatised from a short story that first appeared in his 1926 collection The Casuarina Tree.The story was inspired by the real-life Ethel Proudlock case which involved the wife of the headmaster of Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur who was convicted in a murder trial after shooting dead a male friend in April 1911.

  9. Category:Plays by Anton Chekhov - Wikipedia

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    W. The Wedding (Chekhov play) The Wood Demon (play) Categories: Russian plays by writer. Works by Anton Chekhov. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.