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John Nassivera

JOHN NASSIVERA

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Susan Schulman Literary Agency  

Born in New York on July 28, 1950. B.A., Boston University in English & Romance Languages; Ph.D., McGill University in Comparative Literature. Taught at McGill and Columbia Universities before joining New Dramatists, 1979-80. Has written reviews, translations and poetry. Producing Director for the Dorset Theatre Festival, VT and Director for the Dorset Colony House for Writers.
Address (in 1981): 528 Riverside Drive, 3E, New York, NY 10027 (212) 663-1729 or (802) 867-2223Attorney: Brit Geiger, Rubin, Baum, Levin, ConstANT & Friedman, 645 Fifth Avenue,New York, NY 10022 (212) 759-2700

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

         Four of a Kind         Making A Killing         Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes, The         Phallacies         Sweeney Todd or the String of Pearls         Uncle Tom's Cabin

Four of a Kind

Synopsis:
about four women at Barnard College; the first act is set in 1910 and the second act takes place in the present

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1st Produced:
Williams College, MA    -

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Making A Killing

Synopsis:
as a plot to guarantee their new play will be a success the fake suicide of the playwright is arranged

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Samuel French, NY, 1986   -

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes, The

Synopsis:
A "Holmes" play that isn't; in the guise of a Holmesian mystery, the play is an examination of Doyle's relationship to his famous detective and his involvement in the Spiritualist movement.

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1st Produced:
Dorset Theatre Festival, VT    -

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1980   -

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Genre:
Mystery Drama, full length Mystery

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  2 voices

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Phallacies

Synopsis:
based (loosely) on the Freud/Jung split of 1913, with a poor patient named Zeno caught in the middle

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1st Produced:
Dorset Theatre Festival, VT    -

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Sweeney Todd or the String of Pearls

Synopsis:
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written by John Nassivera And Michael Wright

1st Produced:
Dorset Theatre Festival, VT    -

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Based on the book by Harriet Beecher Stowe And the 1852 play by George Aiken

1st Produced:
Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT    2009

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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