Flamngo Red: A Comedy in Danger

"A hotel room. . . The Flamingo Red Tea Room of the Hotel Coeur de Lion is a medievally furnished room, toned to its own color in every possible detail. . ."

A young couple quibble and quarrel over seemingly inconsequential matters in the lavishly decorated Flamingo Red Tea Room at the Hotel Coeur de Lion. Madame Flamingo, the mysterious hostess, seeks to mediate and mitigate their dispute.

PROGRAM NOTE: This playlet was published in the Oberlin Literary Magazine in January 1916, Wilder's freshman year. We wish we knew more about the sources of its inspiration.