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William Motter Inge (/ ˈ ɪ n dʒ /; May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.
May 1, 2012 · Inge never wrote anything about being gay, though his later works—such as the one-act unproduced play “Boy in the Basement” and the screenplay for Bus Riley Is Back in Town (1965), written under the pseudonym William Gage—had gay male characters, albeit repressed ones.
In the 1920’s Independence had many cultural events as top artists and shows stopped over for one night stands between performances in Kansas City, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although Inge was not from a well-to-do family, he did get to see many shows as a member of a local Boy Scout Troop.
Apr 1, 2009 · Come Back, William Inge. A half-forgotten playwright gets the revival he deserves. by Terry Teachout. A half-century ago, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were universally reckoned the finest American dramatists of the postwar era. They still are.
Inge’s first five Broadway plays— Come Back, Little Sheba , Picnic, Bus Stop, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs , and A Loss of Roses —are set in the Midwest and examine in believable and...
Novels. Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1970), high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff loses her job because she has an affair with the school's black janitor.
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The novel is dedicated to Inge's mother, and the story is set in Freedom, Kansas, a fictional counterpart of Indepen dence, Kansas, where Inge was born and raised.
