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Marsha Levin Poliakoff

MARSHA LEVIN POLIAKOFF

  (1925 - 2015)
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Marsha was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 12, 1925 to Benjamin and Fannie Asner Levin. She moved to Miami, Florida after graduating high school. In 1949, she moved to Spartanburg when she married her husband of 30 years, Matthew Poliakoff. Marsha attended the University of Miami and Converse College. After Matthew died in 1979, Marsha returned to college. She received her BA in English from USC-S. Later she commuted to USC in Columbia and received her Master's Degree in English with emphasis in creative writing. She was fluent in three languages. Marsha was an accomplished author. Several of her plays have been produced. One play, Jacksey's Lawyer, was produced at the Spotlighter's Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, where it ran for over a month as part of the Baltimore Playwright's Festival and was designated "Best of Festival" by the Baltimore Sun. It was also produced twice at USC-U. All proceeds from the production were used to fund the Matthew Poliakoff Scholarship there. Another play won on two levels of competition held by the National League of American Pen Women. Other plays include Guaranteed Loveseat, produced at Converse College; The Pear Orchard; Mencken's Block; Our Village Remembered, produced at Temple B'nai Israel; and From the Ram Bam. She was considered an expert on H.L. Mencken and his works, having been mentioned in biographies of Mencken and asked to speak at the Mencken Society. Works of fiction by Marsha include "Chasing Small Creatures," and a novel. Some of Marsha's nonfiction has appeared in Hub City Publications. Those nonfiction pieces include "Overbrook Circle," published in the Hub City Writer's Christmas Collection, and "The Most Famous Man." Her articles on Dr. Rosa Gantt and Dr. Joseph Goldstein were published in the South Carolina Encyclopedia. She also wrote a column, Schtichlach, for several years. Her skits, columns, poems, stories, and articles appeared in various journals and print media.

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below is a list of Marsha Levin Poliakoff's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         From the Ram Bam.         Guaranteed Loveseat         Jacksey's Lawyer         Mencken's Block         Our Village Remembered         Pear Orchard, The

From the Ram Bam.

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Guaranteed Loveseat

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Jacksey's Lawyer

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Jacksey's Lawyer was inspired by an actual case handled by the author's late husband South Carolina State Representative Matthew Poliakoff (1919-1979) in Spartanburg County, SC. He defended Jesse Jones, a young African-American man with mental issues, on charges resulting from the February 1942 murders of Columbus Petrie (1854-1942), Miss Ida Petrie (1868-1942), James Leard Hughes (1874-1942), and his wife Mary Elizabeth Wooten Hughes (1877-1942). A third Petrie sibling Miss Maggie Pettrie (1859-1953) was attacked but survived. Mr. Poliakoff handled Jones' initial trial and successfully appealed the case winning Jones a new trial. Jones was again convicted and executed on April 2, 1943. He was 19 years old. The character Jacksey is inspired by Jones.

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This play premiered in a performance by the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (now now USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC) Shoe String Players at the campus' Tukey Theater on April 21-25, 1982. They did a second production with different cast memebers in 2005

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Mencken's Block

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Our Village Remembered

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