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one-acter

[ wuhn-ak-ter ]

/ ˈwʌnˈæk tər /

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noun Informal.

a short play consisting of one act.

Also one-act [wuhn-akt] /ˈwʌnˌækt/.

Origin of one-acter

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby one-acter

one that loved not wisely but too well, one thousand guineas, one up, one way or another, one-a-cat, one-acter, one-armed bandit, one-bagger, one-base hit, one-dimensional, one-down

Example sentences from the Web for one-act

In addition to his longer plays, Tennessee Williams wrote dozens of one-act plays, short stories, and novels.

Tennessee Williams' Forgotten Masterpiece |Janice Kaplan |January 25, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A short-story is not a condensed novel any more than a one-act play is a condensed full-length play.

One-Act Plays |Various
"Here's a new 'situation' for a one-act farce," he said, gloomily, to his next patient when Bibbs had gone.

The Turmoil |Booth Tarkington
Three one-act operas by Puccini have been composed for performance at one sitting.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb

We played this one-act piece more than a hundred times consecutively to full houses.

My Double Life |Sarah Bernhardt
Every play he wrote in later years was either a one-act farce or a four-act drama.

Plays by Chekhov, Second Series |Anton Chekhov