ZELDA FITZGERALD PROJECT

A Study...A Script

The Concept:

A one- to two-person play (or book) based on the life, love, and complexities of Zelda Fitzgerald, with a particular focus on her marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald, the influences of the culture of her time, her diagnosis of "mental illness," and the obvious creativity that flourished in the relationship of extremes. Was it fate, true love, destiny...despite all the issues - control, mental illness, creative competition and jealousy, romance and glamour - Scott and Zelda remained connected, imprisioned, and indebted to eachother to the bitter end. Their life story was romantic, tragic, and legendary, and their story lives on well beyond their tragic deaths.

Resources:

Preston, Caroline. Gatsby’s Girl. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

Taylor, Kendall. Sometimes Madness is Wisdom: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald – A Marriage. New York: Ballantine Books, 2001.

Bryer, Jackson R. and Cathy W. Barks, Eds. Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002.

Bruccoli, Matthew, Ed. A Life in Letters: F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Touchstone – Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1994.

Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Margaret M. Duggan, Eds. Correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Random House, 1980.

Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Judith S. Baughman. Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004.

Lanahan, Eleanor. Scottie: The Daughter of… New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Flappers and Philosophers. New York: Washington Square Press, year.

Ibid. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925.

Ibid. Tender is the Night. New York: Scribner, 1933.

Ibid. This Side of Paradise.

Fitzgerald, Zelda. Save Me the Waltz. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967.

Milford, Nancy. Zelda: A Biography. New York: Perennial, 2001.

Williams, Tennessee. Clothes for a Summer Hotel.