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Another Side Of Paradise
By Gary Wien
Few places on earth had as much
to do with the success of F. Scott
Fitzgerald as Princeton University.
It was there that a young writer
fell in love with the woman who
would serve as inspiration for one
of his most famous characters and
where the seeds of his first novel
were sown. The Underclassman, a
new play by Peter Mills and Cara
Reichel, running now through November 30 at The Duke on 42nd
Street in New York City, takes a
look at this pivotal time in Fitzgerald’s life.
Set in 1915, the play follows
Fitzgerald’s days at Princeton
(along with Princeton alums
Edmund Wilson ’16 and John
Peale Bishop ’17) and his work
with the Princeton Triangle Club
show. It was during this period that Fitzgerald fell in love
with Ginevra King, a debutante
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