The Golden Age

by A.R. Gurney

The play takes place in a once elegant townhouse in Manhattan, the home of Isabel Hastings Hoyt, an aging but still charming recluse who had been a glittering figure in the literary salons of the 1920s. Now short of money, Mrs. Hoyt is concerned about the future of her granddaughter, Virginia, a twice-divorced near-alcoholic whom she hopes to see securely married before she herself, as she puts it, "kicks the bucket." In earlier years, Mrs. Hoyt was friend and confidante of many world figures, especially F. Scott Fitzgerald who, it is rumored, used her as the model of Daisy in . This fact leads Tom, an ambitious young academic, to seek her out. Tom believes that Mrs. Hoyt possesses an unpublished chapter from Gatsby which depicts passionate lovemaking between and Daisy, a literary treasure which he is determined to procure no matter how devious the means. It is this obsession that sets up the increasingly complex and perilous relationship which develops between the three protagonists a relationship that, inexorably, leads to the startling and ironic denouement of the play.

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

A.R. Gurney was an American playwright and novelist.

Reviews

[REDPANDA COM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bardzo bardzo fajne. MCCOGH O BZOE AHHAHAAH. Mega zabawne, TOM TY DURNIU CZEMU TO ROBISZ! Ale ja jestem silniejsza, SPALILAM TE DURNA KSIAZKE. Aha no i Gram... Kochana Gram... Wszystkie jej opowiesci sa wspaniale, bardzo bardzo dokladny opis wszystkich props i ubran- na plus w sumie! I DALI nam dokladny adres domu, takie rzeczy sie nie dzieja.
Bardzo przyjemna sztuka i taka zapelniona

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread this 10 years later and what an improvement I guess 10 years make?

Much more compelling than I initially thought. How does it play onstage with 3 people?