- Geboren am
- Verstorben10. Juni 1973 · Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA (Selbstmord durch Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung)
- GeburtsnameWilliam Motter Inge
- William Inge wurde am 3 Mai 1913 in Independence, Kansas, USA geboren. Er war Autor und Schauspieler, bekannt für Fieber im Blut (1961), Bus Stop (1956) und Das Dunkle am Ende der Treppe (1960). Er starb am 10 Juni 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- An annual festival, the William Inge Theatre Festival, is held each year in his hometown of Independence, KS. The Festival honors playwrights and brings national and international theatre artists to this small rural town each spring. America's finest playwrights have all made the pilgrimmage to the Festival. www.ingefestival.org
- William Inge won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Picnic".
- His play, "Come Back, Little Sheba," in a Manhattan Theatre Club presentation of a Center Theatre Group production on Broadway in New York City was nominated for a 2007-2008 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.
- In the early 1970's he was teaching playwriting at the University of California - Irvine.
- Namesake of the University of Kansas Department of Theatre and Film's William Inge Memorial Theatre, a 50' square "black box" that seats 135. It is used primarily for student productions.
- Picknick (1956) - $350 .000 (screen rights)
- Kehr zurück, kleine Sheba (1954) - $150 .000 (screen rights)
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