Thacher Island

[1] The island is named for Anthony Thacher and his wife, who survived the sinking of the barque Watch and Wait in the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 by reaching it.

A film adaptation of Casey Sherman's 2013 bestselling book "Animal" was announced[4] in August 2018, with the title Thacher Island.

The film will tell the story of notorious Boston hitman Joe Barboza, who agreed to testify against the New England mob in 1967, becoming the first person in American history to be put into a witness protection program.

As part of the program, Barboza and his family were transported to Thacher Island, where they would be stationed under the protection of US marshals until the date of the trial.

[5][6] Themes of the play included dreams, goals, love, resentment, adulation, bitterness, jealousy, addiction, desire, intimacy, and boating.