Short Fiction Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Captured Shadow. v1. 02 Jan 09

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More F. Scott Fitzgerald fiction.

This is another Basil and Josephine story.

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"As a teenager in St. Paul, Minnesota Fitzgerald wrote and acted in four plays. Written when he was nearly 15 years old, his first play, The Girl from Lazy J, was produced by the Elizabethan Dramatic Club, a local theatrical organization. The club produced three other plays by (and featuring) Fitzgerald over the next three years: The Captured Shadow, The Coward and Assorted Spirits. As expected from an adolescent author, the plays were heavily plotted and highly sensational, yet they feature a Fitzgerald trademark: clever and witty dialogue. As recorded by Fitzgerald in his scrapbook, the production of The Coward, a melodrama, sold out so that the company presented a second performance "upon urgent demand." Besides starring in the productions, Fitzgerald often served as the company's stage manager.

"In the late 1920s Fitzgerald wrote a series of autobiographical short stories for The Saturday Evening Post based on his adolescent experiences in St. Paul commonly called the 'Basil stories.' Serialized short stories were a very popular and lucrative magazine feature. Fitzgerald recreated his early dramatic experience in "The Captured Shadow" (29 December 1928)."

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