Talley’s Folly (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: July 4, 1944
- Setting: Lebanon, Missouri
- Genres: Social realism, Domestic realism, Family literature, Drama, Comedy, War drama
- Subjects: Values, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Tradition, Love or romance, 1940’s, Midwest, Individuality, War, Missouri, Accountants or accounting
- Locales: Missouri, Lebanon, MO
Characters Discussed
Matt Friedman, a forty-two-year-old Jewish accountant from St. Louis, Missouri. A tall, commanding figure with great warmth and honesty, Matt fell in love with Sally the year before, when he met her during a vacation in her small hometown of Lebanon, Missouri. After having written to her daily for a year and receiving no response, he has returned to her home to face her and ask her to marry him. Matt is not, by his own admission, the romantic type; he is a loner, a European immigrant whose loss of his family in prewar Europe has left him isolated and...
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