xt failure was his attempt to join the navy, he was turned down because of his earlier battles with tuberculosis. He also in this time lost what he had written of “Hairy Ape,” but his short story “Tomorrow,” which was a miniaturized version of “The Iceman Cometh,” and was published in The Seven Arts Magazine. In late 1917, he met Agnes Boulton who was to become his second wife. She was herself a writer of several short stories and pulp fictions. Finally, his first long play was performed by the Provincetown players and was his first play to be widely criticized. He now lived with Agnes Boulton and was still living on his father’s allowance. A few months later he married Agnes and he began making money on Royalties from the Provincetown Players. He rented out a flat in Provincetown and began writing “Chris,” his brother James also lived with him. One year later now living in New Jersey, his second son Shane was born. Also, in 1919 Eugene’s father James came to see Beyond the Horizon and left his son with this memorable statement “What ate you trying to do send the audience home to commit suicide” (Miller p10). In 1920, he won his first Pulitzer Prize for “Beyond the Horizon,” but, his joy was cut short by his father’s death that August. After his father died though, he wrote several great success. “Gold,” “Emperor Jones,” “Diff’rent,” and due to its failure he modified “Chris” to make it “Anna Chrisite.” He moves around several times from Provincetown to New York, and while he was in New York reviving the short play “Hairy Ape,” he met his eldest son Eugene Jr. and begins funding his private school education. In 1922 his mother finally dies shortly followed by his brother’s death in 1924. While he was taking time off in Bermuda, the Provincetown Players dissolved and...
