A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years, the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. The origin of the one-act play may be traced to the very beginning of drama: in ancient Greece, Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides, is an early example.
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“In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish—that is their strength.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
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—Helen Hayes (1900–1993)