If you are looking for a good collection of modern one acts written up until mid-20th century, this is a pretty good collection. Of course this contained the standard "Riders to the Sea" by John M. Synge, but it also contains such gems as "The Browning Version" by Terence Rattigan, "Thunder on Sycamore Street" by Reginald Rose, and "A Trip to Czardis" by Edwin Granberry ( )

After 2500 years, the short play remains "a flourishing and exciting literary genre".[14] This book provides the text of three TV plays, three realistic dramas (including the breathless fraud of "Lord Byron's Love Letter"), three comedies, a radio play, a tragedy, and a theatrical experiment by Thornton Wilder, "The Happy Journey".

The Editors provide brief biographies of the playrights, and a description of each work.