Provincetown History Snippet: Who is Tennessee Williams?

February 21, 2020

History

Less than three weeks after his lover Kip died in 1944 in Manhattan, Tennessee Williams was back at Captain Jack’s Wharf. The fleet was in, the streets and beaches were crowded, but Williams resented them with their “Lord & Taylor t-shirts.” That summer he wrote to a friend, “The town is screaming with creatures, not all of whom are seagulls.” He hadn’t reserved his cabin at Captain Jack’s for the entire season, though, and was forced to spend most of the summer moving, staying in rooming houses and on friends’ sofas.

And then, in 1945, The Glass Menagerie opened in New York, and everything changed forever.

Tennessee Williams

More Recent Provincetown News

May 2, 2024. The ptownie dispatch!

May 2, 2024

First Tea 2024 @ Boatslip! May 2, 2024 at Boatslip It’s 4 pm and time for Tea. First Tea 2024 @ Boatslip! Portable bars replace lounge chairs, a line queues up out front and Resident DJ Maryalice, a Provincetown favorite for over 25 years drops the needle...

A Local Hero, Trailblazer, and Lover of Coastal Life

April 29, 2024

Not all heroes wear capes or seek praise; in fact, in my experience, true heroes are the ones who don’t seek accolades. One such person is Provincetown’s first female deputy harbormaster, Christine Maxwell. I’ve had the privilege of working with her...

Book review: Worth Fighting for (John Pavlovitz)

March 20, 2024

Like many other progressives, I’m finding it difficult these days to be optimistic, much less at peace, about the state of the world and of the country I live in. Everywhere I look, cruelty is on display. (And what is it, anyway, about cruelty that it seems...