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David Ives

American playwright · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1950 · age 76

David Ives is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is perhaps best known for his comic one-act plays; The New York Times in 1997 referred to him as the "maestro of the short form".

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Ives has also written dramatic plays, narrative stories, and screenplays, has adapted French 17th and 18th-century classical comedies, and adapted 33 musicals for New York City's Encores! series.

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United States
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Writers
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Born 1950 · age 76

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