Before F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby, he wrote The Vegetable. It went off the rails. Head to https://www.squarespace.com/waitinthewings to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code WAITINTHEWINGS
In 1923, F. Scott Fitzgerald was drowning. His quest to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a playwright wasn't panning out quite as expected. If things didn't turn around quick, he'd have to pawn the furniture.
This the story of alcohol, ambition, decadence and despair. This is the story of The Vegetable.
Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wA-OJiEKEVFOgbLnnxFs55Qu3TEY8a3kAURKWkod0Vg/edit?usp=sharing
Special thanks to Charles Scribner III, James West, Jackson Bryer, Mark Taylor, and Anne Margaret Daniel for sharing their Fitzgerald expertise; and to Kait Kerrigan and Katharine Quinn for valuable conversations on Gatsby today. Endless thanks to the Princeton University Archives and University of South Carolina Archives, for use of their amazing collections.
Many thanks to Kat Beaufort and Ann Liles Cox for editorial input.
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Ainsley Rosenstiel
Alice
Amy Elizabeth Reinhart
Ann
Ann Marie Wilson
Anon!
Ayinde
Blythe Lavender
Brent Black
Cindy Lindsay
Danniella
Deena Abdullat
Devra Gatling
Ethan
Frances McGinn
Holly T
jack walk
Katie McGuire
Kelseigh Ingram
Lawren Kinsey
Lucia Figueras
Marisa
Megan McCasland
MindlessNonsense
Orange
Phil Edwards
Rachel Goodman
Savannah Cash
stephen seale
Taekook
The Dirty Bubble
Timothy Murray
Tom Norris
Toryana Frazier
0:00 Intro
2:01 A Play To Make My Fortune
7:23 The Second Act's Kinda Weird
11:51 A Continuous Party
15:15 Miscellaneous Pleasures
17:53 The Actor's Struggled On
20:48 Not So Great