ENGLISH 9 REVIEWER

One-Act Play
● A one-act play is a short piece of drama that consists of only one act.
● It usually has one or more scenes but it doesn’t exceed one act.

Elements of a One-Act Play

● Theme shows what the story is all about and how it will go from start to end. There
are lots and lots of examples of themes.
● E.G Revenge, Love, Romcrack, Angst, Fluff, etc.
● Characters are the ones that act as the main event of the story, although some of
the people included in a play don’t show up often, they’re also considered as the
characters of the story/play.
● Plot is the sequence of events in a story/play. It shows the flow of the whole story
including the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling action, and Resolution.
● Dialogue is the conversation between 2 or more characters.

Difference of One-Act Play and Full-Length Play

● One-Act Play is a short play that only consists of one act with one or more scenes,
lesser amount of characters included, short storyline, focuses on a certain topic, and
a lesser amount of time needed for the performers to prepare. On the other hand,
Full-Length Play is a play wherein long storylines, much greater number of topics,
characters, longer storylines, requires more than enough time to prepare, it usually
takes from months to years of preparation in order to perform a Full-length Play
perfectly.

One-Act Play : Family 2.0

Family 2.0 is all about a woman who got tired of her husband because he doesn’t provide
the things that men usually give to their loved ones. A stranger tried breaking into her family
acting like his husband. He persuaded the woman to give him consent to be his wife by
giving her flowers and citing a poem in front of her.

The children started to love the stranger for he has the money that the girls wanted to have.
When the real husband arrives, the woman immediately kicks him out because she doesn’t
want him in her life anymore. But he begged for the woman and the stranger to not kick him
out, he'll behave and be a dog instead. The girls agreed as well as the woman and the
stranger.

The family became loud and everything got messy in the stranger’s head–a mix of emotions
and everything that’s going on in their family. He got irritated and he shouted his lungs out, in
that way, the family became calm and that’s it.
Play Synopsis
A Play Synopsis is a brief summary of a story that helps you understand the whole story in
a short form. It shows an overview of the storyline, main topics, and other situations. It also
includes the style, genre, theme, characters, events, setting, and others.

What to identify before writing a Play Synopsis?

● The main characters - The main characters are the main events of the story.
They’re the one who shows up in a play more often.
● The other main characters - These characters are the other main characters that
only come out every time the Climax happens or when the story reaches its highest
peak. They don’t usually show up compared to the main characters.
● The conflict - These are the problems that the characters encounter.
● The complications - This is similar to the conflict.
● The setting - This refers to the location and the time where and when the story has
started, going and will going to be.
● The highlight of the story - This refers to the most interesting part of the story.

What to avoid when writing a synopsis?

● Mentioning too much characters
● Including too much detail about plot twists and turns
● Unnecessary detail, description or explanation
● Editorializing your novel/book
● Writing back cover instead of a synopsis

Synopsis : Romeo and Juliet

A nice, meaningful, and royal life, that’s what Juliet Capulet’s life is. On the other hand, Romeo
Montague, a young man who also came from a wealthy family. As life consequences go along
with the problem of love and freedom, their hearts begin to beat as one, not until the day that they
didn’t expect comes.
One day, the Capulet decided to hold a Masquerade ball. A ball that she didn’t expect to be the
reason for all those consequences that she’ll have to face after choosing an option against another.
During the ball, Juliet found a man, that fine young man dancing with her. Juliet felt a huge surge
in her heart which made her feel something towards Romeo in their first meet as strangers.

Romeo and his friends are on their way home not until he passed by the home of the Capulets,
Romeo couldn’t resist but to climb the garden wall just to see Juliet. And as Juliet appears on the
balcony, they meet and confess their love towards each other and lock it with a short yet sincere
kiss. As they bid their goodbyes, they promised to see each other the next day. Romeo decided to
tell his old friend, Friar Lawrence about his love towards Juliet. He said he wants to marry Juliet,
the daughter of his family’s enemy. Friar Lawrence agreed and Juliet tells her Nurse to set up the
arrangements, and later that day, Juliet and Romeo were married secretly in Friar Lawrence’s cell.

Mercutio and Tybalt had a fight and Romeo was there as a peacemaker, but in order to prevent
Mercutio from wounds and pain, Romeo decided to challenge Tybalt to have a fight with him,
and it ended up taking Tybalt’s life. Romeo looked at his friend who informed him that the prince
knew about his fight against Tybalt which caused him to be sent to Mantua.

Juliet’s Nurse decided to arrange the situation and let Romeo spend his last night in Verona for he
has to be sent to Mantua the next morning. Juliet’s parents decided to set up a marriage for their
daughter to Paris, a noble kinsman.

The next day, Romeo left Verona because of his punishment. Juliet found out about the marriage
that her parents had arranged, she went to Friar Lawrence, and the Friar offered her a potion that
could make her unaware and dead for 2 days. He then promised that he will let Romeo know
about the Capulets’ plans to their daughter. She took the potion before going to bed and the next
day, the Nurse found Juliet lying on her bed, dead.

Romeo was still in Mantua, he found out about the news of her dead wife, he then rushed to go
back to Verona unaware about the reason of Juliet’s death. When he arrived, Paris confronted him
and Romeo never cared and killed him right after he confronted him. Romeo witnessed her wife
lying on her bed, dead. He then drank the poison that he bought from Mantua and died by her
side.

Juliet wakes up with his husband beside her, also dead. She decided to drink the poison that he
brought but the vial was empty so she stabbed herself using his dagger.

Their family found their children dead in the vault, they realized that their hatred and decisions
had caused a big impact on their children’s lives.