This article on William Dean Howells, Kittery s Literary Lion, is part of a monthly series celebrating Kittery’s history as Maine’s oldest town counts down to its 375th birthday.
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents THE SLEEPING CAR
The Sleeping Car by William Dean Howells will be presented January 23, 2021 at 8 pm.by BWW News Desk
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free screened readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: THE SLEEPING CAR, William Dean Howells.
East Coaster Agnes Roberts is on an overnight train, racing to properly introduce her husband to her brother, twelve years after he left to seek his fortune Out West. But she is overcome with fears she cannot contain: Will they know one another? Will the men get along? Will the mysterious stranger from California prove to be her savior or her nemesis? And will she give her fellow passengers a moments rest?