Inge, William (Motter)

Inge, William (Motter)
born May 3, 1913, Independence, Kan., U.S.
died June 10, 1973, Hollywood Hills, Calif.

U.S. playwright and screenwriter.

He worked as a schoolteacher (1937–49) and moonlighted as drama editor of the St. Louis Star-Times (1943–46). His first play, Farther Off from Heaven (1947), was revised for Broadway as The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957; film, 1960). He is best known for his plays Come Back, Little Sheba (1950; film, 1952), Picnic (1953, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1956), and Bus Stop (1955; film, 1956), and for his original screenplay for Splendor in the Grass (1961, Academy Award). He was one of the first dramatists to explore small-town life in the Midwest.

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  • Inge, William — ▪ American playwright in full  William Motter Inge  born May 3, 1913, Independence, Kan., U.S. died June 10, 1973, Hollywood Hills, Calif.       American playwright best known for his plays Come Back, Little Sheba (1950; filmed 1952); Picnic… …   Universalium

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  • Inge —   [ɪȖ, ɪndʒ], William Motter, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Independence (Kans.) 3. 5. 1913, ✝ Hollywood (Calif.) 10. 6. 1973; schrieb erfolgreiche, zum Teil verfilmte Dramen, später auch Romane, die das Leben und die Frustrationen der… …   Universal-Lexikon

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