1. ONE-ACT PLAYS

2. WHAT IS A ONE-ACT PLAY? ONE-ACT PLAY: FULL-LENGTH:
A SHORT READ A LONG READ
LESS THAN 1 HOUR MORE THAN 1 HOUR
1 SET MORE THAN 1 SET
FEW CHARACTERS MANY CHARACTERS
1 PLOT SUB-PLOTS
1 THEME MULTIPLE THEMES
WHAT IS A ONE-ACT PLAY?

3. “Sorry, Wrong Number”– Lucille Fletcher
TITLES & AUTHORS:
“Sorry, Wrong Number”– Lucille Fletcher
“The Valiant”– Hall and Middlemass

4. “SORRY, WRONG NUMBER” by Lucille Fletcher New York City (Manhattan)
Mrs. Stevenson, Operators, “Hit Men,” Sgt. Duffy, Western Union Man, George
suspense
radio drama
sound effects
11:15 p.m. train
faked robbery
neurotic invalid
Elbert’s alibi (Western Union telegram)

5. “THE VALIANT” by Hall and Middlemass Prison drama Death’s Row
Wethersfield, Connecticut
1920 (3 years after Vimey Ridge)
James Dyke (Joseph Anthony Paris)
alias
Warden Holt
Father Daly
Josephine Paris
Liberty Bonds
Shakespeare

6. Can You Define These Words?
SW#: V:
alibi alias
borough capital punishment
catechizing collaboration
“hit” men countenance
invalid counterpoint
neurotic gallows
querulous insouciant
radio drama oscillation
suspense penitentiary
“necktie party”
reprieve
counterpoint