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Inge, William - ĭnj, 1913–73, American playwright, b. Independence, Kans., grad. Univ. of Kansas, 1935. He was a teacher and newspaper critic before he won recognition as a dramatist. Inge's plays portray sympathetically the aspirations and frustrations of small-town life in the Midwest. Come Back, Little Sheba (1950) established his reputation. It was followed by Picnic (1953;


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    William Inge: A Research and Production Sourcebook » Read Now

    by Richard M. Leeson. 228 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    William Inge achieved admirable success as a dramatist on Broadway and through popular film renditions of his plays. This book demonstrates how his works have helped shape the modern stage. The volume contains an overview of Inge's career, along with plot synopses, production histories, and critical...
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    Playwright Versus Director: Authorial Intentions and Performance Interpretations (Chap. 11 "A Tyrant Director? William Inge and Joshua Logan") » Read Now

    by Jeane Luere, Sidney Berger. 180 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Giving equal space to the sanctity of script and the artistic freedom of directors, this book addresses the difficulties encountered by playwrights and directors as they bring a script to the stage. Inspired directors can help a writer of genius turn his play into exciting theatre, but playwrights...
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    A. R. Gurney: A Casebook ("Absent Fathers, Transient Sons: Miller, Inge, and Gurney" begins on p. 122 and "Picnics and Parties: Inge, Gurney, and the Argument of Comedy" begins on p. 160) » Read Now

    by Arvid F. Sponberg. 232 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.R. Gurney, a major contemporary American playwright who has written over thirty plays, including Love Letters. This volume brings together original interviews with Gurney and four actors and a director who have worked closely with him, as...
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    Theatre Chronicles, 1937-1962 ("The American Realist Playwrights" begins on p. 209) » Read Now

    by Mary McCarthy. 248 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Cocktail Party or Arthur Miller or William Inge. It was not a check list but...have seen at least one play by Williams, Inge, and Miller, and at least one...Back , Little...
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    A Time of Harvest, American Literature, 1910-1960 (Chap. 13 "Theatre without Walls") » Read Now

    by Robert E. Spiller. 176 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...and Winston, Inc.; and lines from "The Ballad of William Sycamore" from Selected Works of Stephen Vincent...The Yachts" from The Collected Earlier Poems of William Carlos...
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