William Inge(1913-1973)
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
William (Motter) Inge brought small-town life in the American Midwest
to Broadway with four successive dramatic triumphs: "Come Back Little
Sheba" (1950), "Picnic" (1953; Pulitzer Prize), "Bus Stop" (1955) and
"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957). With the exception of his
Academy Award-winning screenplay for Splendor in the Grass (1961), his later plays and prose
never achieved the success of his early work. Convinced he could no
longer write, Inge fell into a paralyzing depression, which resulted in
his suicide.
