Three hours too late: 'Ahoy-Hoy' highlights inventor who almost beat Bell to telephone patent

Ahoy-Hoy play on Elisha Gray

A new play at Urbanite Theatre in Fort Myers tells the story of Elisha Gray, the inventor who filed his telephone patent three hours after Alexander Graham Bell.

Key points Ahoy-Hoy play on Elisha Gray
  1. A new play at Urbanite Theatre in Fort Myers tells the story of Elisha Gray, the inventor who filed his telephone patent three hours after Alexander Graham Bell.
  2. Playwright Jenny Stafford wrote "Ahoy-Hoy" as a comedy after learning about Gray while researching Bell's efforts to eradicate sign language.
  3. The production explores who gets credit for an idea and what people will do to secure their place in history.
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