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William Inge

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born

May 03, 1913 in Independence, Kansas, The United States

died

June 10, 1973

genre

Theater, Literature & Fiction

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William Motter Inge was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s, he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, and one of these, Picnic, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. With his portraits of small-town life and settings rooted in the American heartland, Inge became known as the "Playwright of the Midwest."

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Average rating: 3.66 · 959 ratings · 46 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Picnic 359 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Four Plays: Come Back, Little Sheba / Picnic / Bus Stop / The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 394 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1964 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Bus Stop 358 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Come Back, Little Sheba 361 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 371 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Splendor in the Grass by William Inge, F. Andrew Leslie (Adaptor) 373 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Loss of Roses 330 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Eleven Short Plays 375 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1962	My rating:
	Summer Brave 350 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	Natural Affection 400 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998	My rating:

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Quotes by William Inge

“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”
― William Inge

tags: boredom

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“Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.”
― William Inge, Bus Stop

tags: egotism

1 person liked it

“I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us.”
― William Inge, Bus Stop

tags: acceptance , humor , love , promiscuity , sex , virginity

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