Come Back, Little Sheba | Social Preconceptions Regarding Marriage and Success in Postwar America
In this essay Metzger discusses Inge's exploration of social preconceptions regarding marriage and success in postwar America.
When Come Back, Little Sheba made its first appearance on Broadway, many reviewers dismissed it as a boring domestic soap opera. Others focused on the psychological complexities of the two lead characters. But Jane Courant argued in Studies in American Drama that audiences should, instead, appreciate Inge's drama for its revolutionary exploration of social and cultural ideas. Courant noted that Inge "confronted sexual stereotyping, social conformity, and especially the cultural media that reinforced these values." Earlier, when Inge was still a drama critic for the Saint...
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