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William Motter Inge

ウィリアム・モッター・インジ

Wiriamu Motter Inji

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1913-05-03 （Independence, Kansas）
死没
1973-06-10 （Los Angeles, California） 60歳
国籍
American
言語
English
宗教
Unknown
居住地歴
Independence, Kansas → Nashville, Tennessee → Wichita, Kansas → Columbus, Kansas → Columbia, Missouri → St. Louis, Missouri → Los Angeles, California

経歴

職業
Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter
活動期間
1947年〜1973年
所属
Stephens College, Washington University in St. Louis, University of California, Irvine
所属団体
Sigma Nu, American Theater Hall of Fame
影響を受けた人物
Tennessee Williams
影響を与えた人物
James Dean, Marcia Cebulska
ノミネート
Bus Stop Tony Award for Best Play nomination, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Tony Award nominations

学歴

Independence Community College
国: United States
University of Kansas
Speech and Drama
学位: Bachelor of Arts
卒業年: 1935
国: United States
George Peabody College for Teachers
学位: Master of Arts
卒業年: 1938
国: United States
Dropped out initially, completed Master's

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1953
対象作品: Picnic
主催: Columbia University
結果: Winner
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1961
対象作品: Splendor in the Grass
主催: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Come Back, Little Sheba

1950年 Drama

A middle-aged couple grapples with loss and delusion.

SolitudeLossDelusion
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Come Back, Little Sheba / Daniel Mann (1952)

Picnic

1953年 Drama

Small-town Kansas life and frustrated desires among women.

Sexual tensionMidwestern lifeFrustration
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Picnic / Joshua Logan (1955)

Bus Stop

1955年 Drama

Romance between a cowboy and a singer at a bus stop.

RomanceLonelinessRedemption
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Bus Stop / Joshua Logan (1956)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1957年 Drama

Family tensions in 1930s Oklahoma.

FamilyAntisemitismDarkness
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Dark at the Top of the Stairs / Delbert Mann (1960)

Splendor in the Grass

1961年 Screenplay

Teenage love and mental breakdown in 1920s Kansas.

YouthMadnessRepression

全著作

  • Come Back, Little Sheba (1950)
  • Picnic (1953)
  • Bus Stop (1955)
  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957)
  • A Loss of Roses (1959)
  • Natural Affection (1963)
  • Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1970)
  • My Son Is a Splendid Driver (1971)

作風・主題

文体
Realistic portrayals of Midwestern lifeSuppressed emotionsPoetic realism
頻出モチーフ
Solitary protagonistsStrained sexual relationsSmall-town ennui

健康

  • Alcoholism
    1940年代-1973年
    Affected writing; joined AA in 1947
  • Depression
    1970年代初頭
    Led to suicide in 1973

評価・遺産

Known as the 'Playwright of the Midwest' for depicting heartland small-town life. Broadway successes in 1950s, Pulitzer and Oscar winner. Legacy honored by festivals and collections post-suicide.

記念館・博物館

  • William Inge Center for the Arts Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas 1982年開館

関連学会

  • American Theater Hall of Fame

資料所蔵先

  • William Inge Collection, Independence Community College
  • Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
  • Harry Ransom Center

大衆文化への影響

  • Featured in Brooklyn Rail interviews with influenced playwrights

引用

  • When I was a boy in Kansas, my mother had a boarding house. There were three women school teachers... I sensed every woman's failure... the sorrow and the emptiness in their lives.
    出典: Background on Picnic (1953年)

豆知識

  • Closeted gay
  • Sigma Nu member
  • Star on St. Louis Walk of Fame
  • Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning