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The Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play
by Joe Landry, Kevin Connors
Highlights
90 mins 1940s/WWII Expandable Casting Flexible Cast Size Interior Set Period Costumes
Synopsis
F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s beloved classic comes to life as a 1940s radio broadcast in this spirited adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
An ensemble brings more than two dozen characters from the novel to the stage of the WBFR radio station for a live broadcast, punctuated by 40s-era commercials.
A story of triumph and tragedy that reflects the decadence of the Jazz Age and the perils of the American Dream.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| WBFR Playhouse of the Air Actors |
| ACTOR 1: FREDDIE FILLMORE |
| ACTOR 2: JAKE LAURENTS |
| ACTOR 3: TONY HUNTER |
| ACTOR 4: SALLY APPLEWHITE |
| ACTOR 5: LANA SHERWOOD |
| ACTOR 6: NELSON NORTH |
| THE GREAT GATSBY CHARACTERS (IN ORDER OF SPEAKING) |
| NICK CARRAWAY A Midwesterner who rents the small house next to Gatsby’s mansion |
| NICK’S FATHER |
| TOM BUCHANAN Daisy’s hulking brute of a husband |
| DAISY BUCHANAN Tom’s wife and Nick’s cousin |
| JORDAN BAKER Professional golfer of questionable integrity |
| BUCHANANS’ MAID |
| GEORGE WILSON Service station owner and husband of Myrtle |
| MYRTLE WILSON Married lover of Tom Buchanan |
| TRAIN CONDUCTOR |
| CATHERINE Myrtle’s sister |
| PARTYGOER 1 |
| PARTYGOER 2 |
| OWL EYES A drunken partygoer |
| JAY GATSBY A newly wealthy Midwesterner turned Easterner |
| GATSBY’S BUTLER |
| POLICEMAN |
| MEYER WOLFSHEIM Gatsby’s business associate and link to organized crime |
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Publication
The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play is a play written by Joe Landry and published by Playscripts .
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