Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
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.