Owen Gould Davis (1874 - 1956) who was born in Portland and grew up in Bangor wrote over 200 Broadway plays between 1899 and 1934, making him one of the wealthiest and most successful playwrights of his day. Though most were commercially produced melodramas and farces, his friendship with Eugene O'Neill turned Davis' talents in a more serious direction in the early 1920s. His play "The Detour" earned positive critical acclaim, and "Icebound" earned him the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1923. Set in Veazie, Maine, "Icebound" focuses on the tensions within the grasping Jordan family at the time of their matriarch's death. It is perhaps the most compelling drama about early 20th-century Mainers ever staged.