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

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   The Palooka. The Palooka is a 1937 one-act about an old has-been boxer. The characters are The Palooka (Galveston Joe), The Kid and The Trainer. The Kid is nervous about his first fight, and The Palooka relieves the Kid's anxiety by telling about the fictional life he wanted to lead after he retired as Galveston Joe.

3. Play (theatre) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. List of works by George Bernard Shaw - Wikipedia

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   The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (play) 1909: 1911; rev. 1930 1909: Press Cuttings (play) 1909: 1909 1909: The Glimpse of Reality (play) 1927: 1926 1909: The Fascinating Foundling (play) 1928: 1926 1909: Misalliance (play) 1910: 1914; rev. 1930 1910: Socialism and superior brains: a reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian tract 146) 1926: 1910: The Dark ...

6. David Mamet - Wikipedia

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   David Alan Mamet ( / ˈmæmɪt /; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway 1970s plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in ...

7. Radio drama - Wikipedia

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   Radio drama. Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, [1] radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally ...

8. Category:Plays by Samuel Beckett - Wikipedia

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   W. Waiting for Godot. What Where. Words and Music (play) Categories: Irish plays by writer. Works by Samuel Beckett.

9. Henrik Ibsen - Wikipedia

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   Henrik Johan Ibsen (/ ˈ ɪ b s ən /; Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more ...