William Inge collection 1950-1976

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William Inge collection 1950-1976

This collection of William Inge's papers contains the manuscripts for many of his plays and a number of articles written and/or published between 1950-1976.

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes), 1 oversize box, 40 volumes

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6355747

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Inge, William

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William Motter Inge (1913-1973) was born in Independence, Kansas. He studied speech and drama at the University of Kansas and graduated in 1935. He received his Master's degree from George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee in 1938. He worked as a teacher, laborer, and theater critic. He is best-known as a playwright and novelist. In his lifetime he earned both a Pulitzer Prize for Picnic and an Academy Award for the screenplay to the motion picture Splendor in the Grass. His later works di...