William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.

Born in Independence, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama. Offered a scholarship to work on a Master of Arts degree, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend the George Peabody College for Teachers, but later dropped out. Back in Kansas, he worked as a laborer on the state highway, a Wichita news announcer, and a high-school teacher of English and drama in Columbus. Having completed his Master's at Peabody in 1938, he taught at Stephens College, in Columbia, Missouri, from 1938 to 1943, and he began as a drama critic at the St. Louis Star-Times in 1943.

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With Tennessee Williams's encouragement, Inge wrote his first play, Farther Off from Heaven (1947), which was staged at the Margo Jones Theater, in Dallas, Texas. He wrote Come Back, Little Sheba while a teacher at Washington University in St. Louis from 1946 to 1949. It ran on Broadway for 190 performances in 1950, winning Tony Awards for Shirley Booth and Sidney Blackmer.

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A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said abt human beings - William Ralph Inge
har1b1rring (Hari Birring) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:42:14 -0000
A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said abt human beings - William Ralph Inge
Many people believe they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. -William Ralph Inge #quote
vanand98 (Maynard) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:16:47 -0000
Many people believe they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. -William Ralph Inge #quote
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.William Ralph Inge
4Spirit1 (Chris Hessel) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:35:26 -0000
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.William Ralph Inge
There R 2 kinds of fools: 1 says ''This is old therefore it's good.'' The other; ''This is new therefore it's better.'' *William R. Inge
Easy2GoGreen (Goin' Green) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:39:13 -0000
There R 2 kinds of fools: 1 says ''This is old therefore it's good.'' The other; ''This is new therefore it's better.'' *William R. Inge
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.William Ralph Inge
URworthit2 (Chris Hessel) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:54:15 -0000
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge~ Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
Andrew_Acosta (Andrew L. Acosta) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:21:28 -0000
William Ralph Inge~ Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

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