# We need some one acts.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974 "2004-09-25T00:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/1 "2004-09-25T00:31:17Z")

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My theatre class needs some one acts to perform. Anyone know of any good ones? What are they? What are they about? Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/2 "2004-09-25T00:44:58Z")

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[All in the Timing by David Ives](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822213966/qid=1096073066/sr=ka-2/ref=pd_ka_2/103-6797834-0108663)

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**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/3 "2004-09-25T01:47:30Z")

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Darn you, **Gamaliel**! I was going to suggest _All in the Timing_.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/4 "2004-09-25T02:15:35Z")

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You might look into some of the shorter plays of Samuel Beckett. “Act Without Words” is a good choice.

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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/5 "2004-09-26T00:10:30Z")

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Well, it’s not a play, but the cross examination of William Jennings Bryan by Clarence Darrow would be pretty compelling, IMO. It’s here:

[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day7.htm](http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day7.htm)

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/6 "2004-09-26T01:16:54Z")

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**God** by Woody Allen is a popular choice at one-act festivals…

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-some-one-acts/265974/7 "2004-09-26T01:44:20Z")

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I’m having trouble finding synopses for some of these; what are they about?