Robert Marasco (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Robert Marasco (b. September 22, 1936 in Bronx, New York - d. December 6, 1998 in Manhasset, New York) was an American horror writer best known for the 1970 Broadway play Child's Play. Child's Play debuted at the Royale Theater in New York on February 17. Starring Pat Hingle, the play dealt with demonic doings at a Catholic boys' school. Marasco drew both on his experience as a teacher of Latin and Greek classics at Regis High School and a newspaper account he had read about a teacher who, after assigning his students some homework, immediately killed himself by jumping out a window. Child's Play garnered a rave review on opening night from Clive Barnes of the New York Times, followed by a Tony nomination for Best Play of the Year. The production ran for 342 performances. Following a less successful London production at the Queen's Theatre in 1971, the play was made into a film in 1972; Sidney Lumet directed, and the cast included James Mason, Robert Preston, and Beau Bridges.