one-act

Example Sentences

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With the rising arc of a one-act play, things there will get out of hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Simply put, the Koch’s autumn programming tends to present mixed bills of one-act, often storyless works that emphasize the ballet part of the company’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“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

Margarita’s final minute on Earth lasts 90 flamenco-filled minutes in Golijov’s one-act opera.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright