The One-Act Play Festival is a competitive festival of one-act plays. The plays are usually presented over a week, or weekend, and are judged by an independent adjudicator, normally a member of GODA

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In the UK there are two main organisations operating festivals

• All England Theatre Festival (AETF)

This is a knock-out competition covering several regional rounds and resulting in an "All England" final

• National Drama Festivals Association
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  The National Drama Festivals Association was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation of drama festivals in the United Kingdom....
  
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Each festival is distinct but at the end of the year the adjudicators select the best plays to enter a "British All Winners" competition.

For a recently published study of the one-act play, see Stephen Murray, Taking Our Amusements Seriously. LAP, 2010. ISBN 978 383837 6080.