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Child's Play

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6m, 9boy(s)

Robert Marasco

Something is amiss in a Catholic boys' boarding school. The students have become sinister, furtive and conspiratorial as they steal up and down staircases after hours.

Child's Play

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6m, 9boy(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: Six 1970 Tony Awards, including Best Play
    Winner! Five 1970 Tony Awards, including Best Direction of a Play
    Winner! Three 1970 Drama Desk Awards

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Summary
Something is amiss in a Catholic boys' boarding school. The students have become sinister, furtive and conspiratorial as they steal up and down staircases after hours. The menace erupts in savagery as the students torture one of their members, then another, and then another. What is the disease that has settled in their souls? Who is torturing the crotchety classics professor by sending obscene photographs to his dying mother? And why? The answer is hate in its devilish forms of pride, envy and jealousy; a hate so perverse that it has infected the students and the staff.
History
Child's Play premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on February 17, 1970. Directed by Joseph Hardy, the production featured Pat Hingle, Fritz Weaver, Ken Howard and Christopher Deane.
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Performing Groups

FACULTY:
PAUL REESE
FATHER PENNY
FATHER GRIFFIN
JEROME MALLEY
JOSEPH DOBBS
FATHER MOZIAN

STUDENTS:
CARRE
MEDLEY
BANKS
JENNINGS
O'DONNELL
SHEA
WILSON
MCARDLE
TRAVIS

  • Time Period 1970s
  • Setting St. Charles' Boarding School for Boys in midwinter. 1970.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“An absorbing thriller... engrossing, high voltage theatre.” – The New York Daily News

“A powerful melodrama that will thrill audiences for a long time to come.” – The New York Times

“An absorbing thriller... Constantly engrossing, high voltage theatre... written with grace, wit and insight.” – The New York Daily News

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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