Inge, William (Vol. 1) | Inge, William 1913–
Inge, William 1913–
American playwright, author of Bus Stop, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, and Come Back, Little Sheba. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-10.)
William Inge may justifiably be called the first playwright to examine the Midwest with insight and to write seriously of it—to have concern for the sociological uniqueness of the area and for the psychological manifestations of this uniqueness as it is revealed in the reactions of its people. Inge has presented with astounding veracity the oppressive banality of the lives of his characters. The events of their lives have the nerve-tightening regularity of a dripping faucet. His female characters especially are engulfed by the bathos of their lives, and Inge capitalizes on this fact in order to heighten dramatically the moment of personal crisis which comes to each of them. In each of his four major successes—Come Back, Little Sheba; Picnic; Bus...
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