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Robert Marasco (September 22, 1936 – December 6, 1998) was an American horror novelist, playwright, and teacher. He is best known for his 1970 Broadway play Child's Play , and his supernatural novel Burnt Offerings (1973), which was adapted into a 1976 film of the same name .
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- December 6, 1998 (aged 62), Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Dec 11, 1998 · Robert Marasco, a playwright and novelist who wrote the long-running Broadway thriller ''Child's Play,'' died on Sunday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. He was 62 and lived in ...
Child's Play is a stage play written by Robert Marasco. It opened on Broadway on 12 February 1970 at the Royale Theatre and ran for 342 performances, closing on 12 December. The play was produced by David Merrick and directed by Joseph Hardy, with settings by Jo Mielziner. The leading roles were taken by Pat Hingle, Fritz Weaver and Ken Howard.
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Jan 1, 1973 · Robert Marasco was born in the Bronx in 1936 and educated at Regis High School in Manhattan and Fordham University. A classical scholar, Marasco taught at Regis before turning to writing, with Child’s Play, an eerie melodrama about incidents of evil at a Catholic boys’ school. The play was a surprise success in 1970, running for 343 ...
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Dec 6, 1998 · Robert Marasco was an American horror novelist, playwright, and teacher. He is best known for his 1970 Broadway play Child's Play, and his supernatural novel Burnt Offerings , which was adapted into a 1976 film of the same name.
Dec 15, 1998 · Marasco also wrote a novel, Parlor Games (1979), and several unproduced screenplays. Before his death, he had completed a new play, Our Sally. Tom Vallance. Robert Marasco, playwright: born New ...
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