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Marvin Kaye

MARVIN KAYE  (1938 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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MaRVIN KaYE is the author of sixteen novels, including his Dickensian pastiche, The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge, now optioned to be made into a feature film, and his just-completed sequel to Frankenstein, as well as the terrifying Fantastique and Ghosts of Night and Morning; the SF cult classics, The Incredible Umbrella and (coauthored with Parke Godwin) The Masters of Solitude, and the critically-acclaimed mysteries Bullets for Macbeth and My Son the Druggist. His short story "Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin," was included in a DaW Books Year's Best Fantasy anthology, and his horrific "The Possession of Immanuel Wolf" was written with the great macabre comedian, Brother Theodore. His numerous best-selling anthologies include 13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural and other theatre collections; The Game is afoot and other Sherlock Holmes anthologies, and many fantasy/science fiction books for the Science Fiction Book Club, such as Ghosts, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, The Vampire Sextette, and The Fair Folk, which won the World Fantasy award for Best anthology of 2006. His column, "Marvin Kaye's Nth Dimension," appears online at http://spaceandtimemagazine.com. He is the editor of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine.a native of Philadelphia, Pa., he is a graduate of Penn State, with an M. a. in theatre and English literature; he recently headed the tutoring staff of the Manhattan campus of Mercy College; is adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at New York University, has taught mystery writing in England for the Smithsonian Institute, has served as a judge for the Edgar, Nero and World Fantasy awards, and is artistic Director for The Open Book, New York's oldest readers theatre company. He is listed in both Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Entertainment.

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below is a list of Marvin Kaye's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Avon Calling         Bertrand Russell's Guided Tour Of Intellectual Rubbish         Chair Of Indecency, A         Delicate Shade Of Blue         Don Juan's Final Night         Game Is Afoot, The         Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The         Kickbacks         Last Christmas Of Ebenezer Scrooge, The         Mister Jack         Play About A Play About A Pawnshop, A

Avon Calling

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Lincoln Center, New York    1980

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Bertrand Russell's Guided Tour Of Intellectual Rubbish

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Deerfield academy    1973

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Chair Of Indecency, A

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Written by Marvin Kaye, Syd Emberley And Manuel Zack

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Lincoln Center, New York    1984

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Dramatist Guild

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Delicate Shade Of Blue

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Pallson's New York    1987

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Don Juan's Final Night

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In the Rostand version of the legend, the Don bargains with the Devil and wins ten more years to debauch women. When the fiend finally comes to collect him, he tells Don Juan he won't take him to Hell until he has thoroughly humbled his spirit. The Don is sure his proud soul will never succumb, but the Devil brings back the ghosts of the women the Don has slept with, and they pick him apart until he has nothing left to be proud of.
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Original Playwright - Edmond Rostand

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Producer's Club    1988

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Game Is Afoot, The

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amsterdam Room, New York    1994

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Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The

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Thanksgiving draws near and arthur is sent by his family to get a turkey - but they have all been sold. Professor Mazzocci sells him Henrietta a chicken that he has been experimenting on - a chicken that is now a huge 266 pounds. after causing havoc in arthur's parent's apartment she is thrown out. Wandering around the townspeople get frightened at the sight of a giant chicken wandering the streets

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Based on the book by Daniel Pinkwater

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amsterdam Room, New York    1993

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Kickbacks

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amsterdam Room, New York    1994

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Last Christmas Of Ebenezer Scrooge, The

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Picking up where Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol left off, The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge begins on Christmas morning, when Scrooge awakens from his life-altering epiphany. adapted from Kaye's book of the same title, this sequel depicts a kindlier Scrooge struggling to right the unresolved wrong hidden within Dickens's story. Taking care to recapture the tone of Dickens's beloved classic, Kaye's intriguing adaptation explores in depth the issue of anti-Semitism briefly touched upon in the original, evoking the spirit of the season and the period in which it takes place< /br>Press release

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Mister Jack

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Comedic improvisation is an important part of Mister Jack. In Mister Jack the audience is given the opportunity to ask questions about love and sex of the title character who is introduced as "the world's greatest lover."
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Play About A Play About A Pawnshop, A

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