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  2. One-act play | Wikipedia

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    One-act play. A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. 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 Festival ...

  3. 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.

  4. List of Sanskrit plays in English translation | Wikipedia

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    About 3 decades later, Horace Hayman Wilson published the first major English survey of Sanskrit drama, including 6 full translations (Mṛcchakatika, Vikramōrvaśīyam, Uttararamacarita, Malatimadhava, Mudrarakshasa, and Ratnavali). These 7 plays — plus Nagananda, Mālavikāgnimitram, and Svapnavasavadattam (the text of which was not ...

  5. William Shakespeare | Wikipedia

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    epitaph) Signature. William Shakespeare (c. 23 [ a ] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [ b ] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").

  6. This Is Our Youth | Wikipedia

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    October 26, 1996. (1996-10-26) Place premiered. Intar Theatre, New York City. This Is Our Youth is a play by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. It premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and since been produced all over the world, including the West End, Broadway, Sydney and Toronto.

  7. Roald Dahl | Wikipedia

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    Syria–Lebanon campaign. Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. [1][2] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. [3][4] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of ...

  8. The Lesson | Wikipedia

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    The Lesson (French: La Leçon) is a one-act play by French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. It was first performed in 1951 in a production directed by Marcel Cuvelier (who also played the Professor). [1] Since 1957 it has been in permanent showing at Paris' Théâtre de la Huchette, on an Ionesco double-bill with The Bald Soprano. [2]

  9. Arthur Miller | Wikipedia

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    Arthur Miller. Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including ...