act one
First theatrical section
Act one is the first part of a play, opera, or other staged work divided into acts.
It typically introduces characters, setting, and conflict.
Figuratively, act one refers to the opening phase of any unfolding situation: The election results were just act one—the real drama starts when the new legislature convenes.
- openingGap or start
- opening sceneBeginning of a performance
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- prologueIntroductory literary section
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
stage · stage directions · beginning · introduction · opening night · drama · theater · theater production · intermission · exposition · inciting incident · playwright · script · dialogue · performance · overture · rising · conflict
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- musical theatermusical theater, scene, cast recordings, Evita, number
- plotplot, storyline, subplot, climax, narrative
- story structureclimax, exposition, denouement, prologue, epilogue
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- game modeseasy mode, ranked match, deathmatch, hard mode, practice match
act onefinale
Concluding part of performance
final act · act three · last act · closing act · denouement
act onedenouement
Story's final unraveling
resolution · climax · conclusion · ending · curtain call
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