The Great Gatsby
by Simon Levy

Name: The Great Gatsby
Brand: Simon Levy
SKU: 9780822227274
Rating: 3.64 (60 reviews)

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120 mins1920sExpandable CastingFlexible Cast SizeRoom for ExtrasUnit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod Costumes

Synopsis

Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan.

Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger.

The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in Simon Levy’s epic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel.

This is America, the Jazz Age, a land of enchantment and illusions, a world where love and dreams are pursued and betrayed.

Press Reviews

"Playwright Simon Levy does a beautiful job of distilling Fitzgerald’s sometimes fussy prose. Levy’s combination of narration, dialogue and action delivers most of what is best in the novel…a brilliant distillation."
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A clean, imaginative and sometimes surreal work."
— Minneapolis Star Tribune

"By the end of the evening, there was a longing to see it again. And then again… this adaptation by Simon Levy clearly understood that Fitzgerald”s words are sacred and can’t be improved upon. What was added, deleted or changed to adapt the story to the stage was so faithful to Fitzgerald that it became seamless… expectations were far exceeded."
— Arizona Daily Star

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
JAY GATSBY – A romantic idealist, with a disarming smile.	—	—	– A romantic idealist, with a disarming smile.
DAISY BUCHANAN – Southern, with a voice that sounds like money.	—	—	– Southern, with a voice that sounds like money.
NICK CARRAWAY – Midwestern, with a kind face and gentle manner.	male	—	– Midwestern, with a kind face and gentle manner.
TOM BUCHANAN – Daisy’s husband, with a powerful cruel body.	male	—	– Daisy’s husband, with a powerful cruel body.
JORDAN BAKER – Daisy’s friend, with an athletic, almost masculine, body.	—	—	– Daisy’s friend, with an athletic, almost masculine, body.
MYRTLE WILSON – Tom’s girlfriend, New York, fleshy and sensual.	female	—	– Tom’s girlfriend, New York, fleshy and sensual.
GEORGE WILSON – Myrtle’s husband, New York, spiritless and anemic.	male	—	– Myrtle’s husband, New York, spiritless and anemic.
MEYER WOLFSHEIM	—	—	—
MR. MCKEE	male	—	—
POLICEMAN	—	—	—
DANCER	—	—	—
MRS. MCKEE	female	—	—
MRS. MICHAELIS	female	—	—
DANCER	—	—	—