one-actern.
/wʌnˈaktə/, U.S. /ˌwənˈæktər/ A play or other production consisting of only one act. Also figurative.
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king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 11/2 ‘The Burglar and the Judge’, the very clever one-acter by F. C. Philipps and C. H. Brookfield.
1927 J. Pollock (title) Twelve one-acters.
1960 A. Coren in Introduction: Stories by New Writers 70 The sane guy is the one who realises that life is a short one-acter.
1973 Guardian 23 Mar. 12/3 Tchaikovsky's seventh and last opera is a one-acter.
1990 N.Y. Mag. 11 June 112/3 Three one-acters by one of the masters of modern drama.
2000 Opera Now Jan. 52/1 This one-acter, to a libretto by Paul Griffiths, is one of two new offerings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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