Marasco, Robert

Marasco, Robert
▪ 1999

      American playwright whose thriller Child's Play became a Broadway hit in 1970 and garnered four Tony awards; he also published the novels Burnt Offerings (1973; filmed 1976) and Parlor Games (1979) and had finished work on another play, Our Sally (b. Sept. 22, 1936, Bronx, N.Y.—d. Dec. 6, 1998, Manhasset, N.Y.).

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