A Disturbed Genius Seen Through the Eyes of an Intimate Friend: William Inge and Barbara Baxley
Though not as well remembered today as Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, in the 1950s, William Inge was the most successful and acclaimed playwright in America. During that decade, Inge produced an unbroken string of successful plays: Come Back Little Sheba (1950), the Pulitzer Prize winner Picnic (1953), Bus Stop (1955), and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957). He also knocked it out of the park with his O…