Sad Hotel is a fictionalised account of Tennessee Williams’ relationship with his lover, Frank Merlo. Set in a house on the Florida coast in the early '60s, the play traces the dissolution of a 15-year relationship under pressures of fame, failure and addiction.

David Foley has written nine plays, ranging in subject from the Trojan War to a turn-of-the-century Naval sex scandal. His work has been presented by Here, the Lark Theatre Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Ohio Theatre in New York, and the Hampstead Theatre in London. He lives in New York City.