Great One-Act Plays

[The Comedian]

Hey all,

I'm looking for a reading list/suggestions for great one-act plays. A couple by Susan Glaspell come to mind, but not too many others. Any suggestions?

[kelby_lake]

Oleanna by David Mamet
Speed-The-Plow by David Mamet
Blackbird by David Harrower
Betrayal by Harold Pinter (it can be performed with an interval but it's only 90 minutes)
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter

I don't know how good they are but the films Baby Doll and This Property is Not Condemned are based on them:
21 Wagons of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
This Property is Not Condemned by Tennessee Williams

That's all I can think of so far.

[kiki1982]

Try the French classicists. All one acters, because of unity in place, time and action.

Molière is one, but there must be more.

Should Waiting for Godot not be one either?

[Kafka's Crow]

Try the French classicists. All one acters, because of unity in place, time and action.

Molière is one, but there must be more.

Should Waiting for Godot not be one either?

Godot is 'A Tragicomedy in Two Acts'.

[kelby_lake]

Try the French classicists. All one acters, because of unity in place, time and action.


They're still split into acts. A one-act play would be between 30-90 minutes.

I believe Huis Clos would be one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huis_clos

[cyberbob]

The Glass Menagerie --Tennessee Williams
Endgame--Samuel Beckett
The Zoo Story--Edward Albee

You could probably find a list more quickly by googling "great one act plays" or something.

[ennison]

John C Thompson wrote many good plays of that type