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The dark at the top of the stairs : a new play / by William Inge ; with an introduction by Tennessee Williams.
LIBRA Special PS3517.N265 D3 1960b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inge, William.
- Series:
- Bantam book ; A2164.
- Bantam books ; A2164
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Oklahoma--Drama.
- Families.
- Oklahoma--Drama.
- Oklahoma.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 108 pages ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- Bantam edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bantam Books, 1960.
- Summary:
- The setting is a small Oklahoma town in the early 1920s and the home of the Flood family: Rubin, a traveling salesman for a harness firm; Cora his sensitive and lovely wife; Sonny, their little boy; and Reenie their teen-age daughter. The plot consists of a series of short stories -- the fight between husband and wife; the fear of an overly shy young girl on going to a dance; the problems of an introverted little boy who feels that the whole world is against him; the corroding marriage of Cora's rowdy sister; and the tragedy of a military school cadet who suffers from the stigma of being a Jew in an alien community. The play's message is that there is dark at the top of everyone's stairs, but that it can be dissipated by understanding, tolerance, and compassion.
- OCLC:
- 5026806
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