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 La fièvre dans le sang (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.