Planets R'Us- The Earlham Bus Incident

Written by Helen Simpson
Filming by Piece/Maker Productions and Jack Garden
Editing by James Wood
Cast (with Instagram handles): Ed Grierson (@17egrier); Anon

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Myrtle, who Fitzgerald describes as “sensuous” and “vital,” is Tom Buchanon’s mistress. She is married, unhappily, to George Wilson, who owns a garage in the Valley of Ashes. Myrtle functions as an emotional foil for Daisy (Myrtle is far more emotional, and more willing to show it) and as a catalyst for the novel’s ending. After a fight with George over his suspicion of an affair, Myrtle runs into the street, only to be hit and killed by Gatsby’s car, with Daisy at the wheel.