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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.
William Inge 1913 – 1973 Born in Independence on May 3, 1913, he was the second son of Luther Clay Inge and Maude Sarah Gibson-Inge and the youngest of five children.
Jun 6, 2024 · William Inge (born May 3, 1913, Independence, Kan., U.S.—died June 10, 1973, Hollywood Hills, Calif.) was an American playwright best known for his plays Come Back, Little Sheba (1950; filmed 1952); Picnic (1953; filmed 1956), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize; and Bus Stop (1955; filmed 1956).
William Inge. Writer: Splendor in the Grass. William (Motter) Inge brought small-town life in the American Midwest to Broadway with four successive dramatic triumphs: "Come Back Little Sheba" (1950), "Picnic" (1953; Pulitzer Prize), "Bus Stop" (1955) and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957).
William Inge (born December 17, 1973), also known as Bill Ennis-Inge, is an American football coach and former player who currently serves at the linebackers coach at the University of Tennessee. He was the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Washington from 2022–2023.
William Inge was named Washington's co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach on Dec. 18, 2021. He reunited with Husky head coach Kalen DeBoer, having served.
Jun 28, 2013 · Though not as well remembered today as Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, William Inge was the most successful and acclaimed playwright in America in the 1950s.
Jun 11, 1973 · HOLLYWOOD HILLS, Calif., June 10—William Inge, whose steady production of prize‐win ning plays illuminated Broad way in the nineteen‐fifties, was found dead in the garage of his home early today,...
Inge’s only real success during this period was his screenplay for “Splendor in the Grass” (1961), for which he won an Academy Award. Convinced that he could no longer write, the small-town Inge fell into a deep depression and, on June 10, 1973, at his home in the Hollywood Hills, William Inge took his own life.
William Inge (1913-1973) majored in drama at the University of Kansas but went on to gain an MA at the George Peabody Teachers College. In 1943 he became the drama critic of the St. Louis Star Times, a position he held for three years. His first successful play was Come Back, Little Sheba (1950).
