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one-act play in British English (ˈwʌnˌækt pleɪ) nouna short play consisting of only one act Examples of 'one-act play' in a sentenceone-act play While neither one-act play is groundbreaking, each demonstrates an attention to craft that transcends mere worthiness.The characters are ripe, the comic invention is inspired and each episode is like a beautifully crafted one-act play that ends where it began.The catch (there's always one) is that they have just three weeks to put on the one-act play.Each directs a one-act play.Sure, theatre is no stranger to one-act plays.He turned out one-act plays at a tremendous rate.It is like a succession of gentle one-act plays, which add up to much more than the sum of their parts.Like all the best short stories or one-act plays, tonight's episode works with a deceptive and outrageous simplicity.She masterminded productions of one-act plays.Aside from some good jokes, each episode of this final series has been beautifully crafted — like a collection of short one-act plays. |