OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Eddie Naughton 

• Setting

  New York, 1930s.

• Notes

  The premiere production was dedicated to the memory of Karl Shiels (1971-2019).

• Synopsis

  On the eve of Ernest Hemingway's departure to cover the Spanish Civil War as a correspondent in 1937, he met The Great Gatsby author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in Tim Costello's Bar, New York. Against this atmospheric backdrop, the play explores the competitive, uneasy friendship between these two literary titans, and what might have happened during their encounter on that night. 

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  3

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 July 2019

• Producer

  Produced by Bewley's Café Theatre

• Original Venue

  Bewley's Café Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.