Gore & Jackie, Provincetown, August 31, 1961: A Play in Four Acts - Paperback

by Brenda Pizzo (Author)

A four act play explores the historical facts of the day, August 31, 1961 when writer, Gore Vidal invited Jackie Kennedy to spend the day with him in Provincetown.

Drawing from events taken from their personal lives past and present, the play gives the audience a front row seat to a day in the life of two of the most fascinating people of the 20th century. Not as the larger than life personifications they presented to the world at their zenith, but as sophisticated real people.

At that time, Provincetown was a sleepy fishing village located at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Jackie Kennedy was First Lady of the United States and the most famous woman on the planet. Still, she met Gore Vidal at his motel room without any fanfare and managed to blend in with the tourists and others living in the community.

This day lost to history chronicles the day culminating when they were barred from a private drinking club because Jackie failed to produce an I.D.