Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer, dancer, and Jazz Age celebrity who struggled on and off with mental illness. Her husband, famed writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, called her the first American flapper ...

"The Last Flapper" adapted by DuBord from the original by William Luce, portrays Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a mental institution on the day of her death in 1948.

Zelda’s abiding legacy may be as the wild-eyed, jazz-age socialite once referred to by her husband as “America’s first flapper ... Frances ‘Scottie’ Fitzgerald dance in front ...

Scott Fitzgerald’s writings catapulted the duo to Jazz Age notoriety. Zelda’s depictions would earn her lasting reverence as a modern woman and the quintessential — and first — “flapper.” ...

With audacity, boldness and style to spare, Zelda Fitzgerald was the original American flapper, providing inspiration for virtually every female character her husband, Scott, ever wrote ...