William Motter Inge Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Motter Inge (/ˈɪndʒ/; (1913-05-03)May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973(1973-06-10)) 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".
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.
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William Inge won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Picnic".
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Was nominated for two Tony Awards as the author of Best Play nominees: in 1956 for "Bus Stop" and in 1958 for "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs."
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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
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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.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Picnic
2014/III
writer
Esplendor en la hierba
2014
Short
Picnic
2000
TV Movie play "Picnic"
Picnic
1986
TV Movie play
Bus Stop
1982
TV Movie play
Splendor in the Grass
1981
TV Movie 1961 screenplay
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
novel
Come Back, Little Sheba
1977
TV Movie play / screenplay
Kom tilbake, lille Sheba
1966
TV Movie based on play
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
as Walter Gage
ITV Play of the Week
1965
TV Series play - 1 episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Primera fila
1964
TV Series 1 episode
The Stripper
1963
play "A Loss of Roses"
All Fall Down
1962
screenplay
Shoestring Theatre
1962
TV Series 1 episode
Bus Stop
1961
TV Series play "Bus Stop" - 1 episode
Splendor in the Grass
1961
written by
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
based on the play by
TV de Vanguarda
1957
TV Series 1 episode
Bus Stop
1956
based on the play by
Come Back, Little Sheba
1955
TV Movie play
Picnic
1955
play "Picnic"
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
TV Movie play "Bus Stop"
Omnibus
1953
TV Series story - 1 episode
Come Back, Little Sheba
1952
original play
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series
Doctor
Splendor in the Grass
1961
Reverend Whitman (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Splendor in the Grass
1961
associate producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
1990
Short "Picnic" quoted courtesy of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 34th Annual Academy Awards
1962
TV Special
Himself - Writing Award Winner
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1962
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen