Word: one-acts
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...one-act play is like the short story. Each form, because it is brief, can convey tremendous intensity, yet this same brevity only allows an author to hint at a theme. Seldom has he time to develop an idea into more than a mere skeleton. For this reason, both forms often lead to triteness or to a vagueness that goes nowhere...
Denney's satire is a fitting comment on all of the "Four Plays for a Plain Stage." Deliberate obscurity and a false esoterica make the first two seem dull and meaningless. On the other hand, Three Words in No Time and September Lemonade show how well the one-act form can be used...
Very rarely does the transition from stage to screen improve a play. But The Long Voyage Home, aided by John Ford's deft direction, is one of the select few. Actually the picture, a series of four one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill, is more suited to the screen; few theatres can accommodate ships...
With only eight days to work and ten dollars to spend, the Harvard Dramatic Club opened its series of original one-act plays Thursday afternoon with Peter Shoup's adaptation of the Fitzgerald short story, Babylon Revisited...
...Theatre Workshop plans to offer up an original one-act play every week, using scripts submitted by students. Director Ellic Fuchs and Producer Sarah Canfield have demonstrated that they can turn out a low-budget performance. The big question now is whether their efforts will be justified by the undergraduate response...