Roman Fever

Roman Fever

Roman Fever

Hugh Leonard, Edith Wharton

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Roman Fever

Roman Fever

Hugh Leonard, Edith Wharton

Overview

On a restaurant terrace in Rome in 1930, Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley are reminiscing about a Roman holiday they shared many years before. Mrs. Slade is envious of Mrs. Ansley's daughter's engagement to a young and rich Marchese and cannot resist a spiteful jibe, thereby shattering a cherished memory. In the end it is Mrs. Slade whose illusions are shattered.

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Details

  • Time Period: 1930s

Authors

Hugh Leonard

Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard was the pen-name of John Keyes Byrne. He was, as Christopher Fitz-Simon has written, `the most prolific and most technically assured of modern Irish playwrights,' and his cosmopolitanism shows in the range of his work: twenty-five plays (eighteen of which have be ...
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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862, to a wealthy and prominent family in New York society. She began publishing short stories in the 1890s, and in 1897, she published her first book, “The Decoration of Houses,” written with Ogden Codman. She found success with the nov ...
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