The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, the Glossary
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1957 play by William Inge about family conflicts during the early 1920s in a small Oklahoma town.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: Delbert Mann, Dorothy McGuire, Eileen Heckart, Elia Kazan, Evans Evans, Frank Overton, List of American films of 1960, Margo Jones, Oklahoma, Pat Hingle, Robert Preston (actor), Teresa Wright, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (film), Theatre World Award, Timmy Everett, Tony Awards, William Inge.
- 1957 plays
- Fiction set in the 1920s
- Plays by William Inge
- Plays set in Oklahoma
Delbert Mann
Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director.
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Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress.
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Eileen Heckart
Anna Eileen Heckart (Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years.
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Elia Kazan
Elias Kazantzoglou (Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου,; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan, was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".
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Evans Evans
Evans Evans (November 26, 1932 – June 16, 2024) was an American actress who played the character Velma Davis in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
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Frank Overton
Frank Emmons Overton (March 12, 1918April 24, 1967) was an American actor.
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List of American films of 1960
A list of American films released in 1960.
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Margo Jones
Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24, 1955), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", was an American stage director and producer, best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Pat Hingle
Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films.
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Robert Preston (actor)
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer.
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Teresa Wright
Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (film)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire.
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Theatre World Award
The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or Off-Broadway.
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Timmy Everett
Timmy Everett (February 14, 1938 – March 4, 1977) was an American actor and dancer.
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Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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William Inge
William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations.
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See also
1957 plays
- A Dead Secret
- Dear Liar
- Drive a Hard Bargain
- El Crucificado
- El censo
- Endgame (play)
- From an Abandoned Work
- Holiday for Lovers (play)
- It's the Geography That Counts
- Look Homeward, Angel (play)
- Orpheus Descending
- Swamp Creatures
- Teahouse (play)
- The Balcony
- The Cave Dwellers
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- The Dumb Waiter
- The Entertainer (play)
- The Genius and the Goddess
- The Glass Cage (play)
- The Iron Duchess
- The Kitchen (play)
- The Making of Moo
- The Man Who Turned Into A Stick
- The Midnight Caller (play)
- The Multi-Coloured Umbrella
- The Observer Plays
- The Potting Shed
- The Room (play)
- The Rope Dancers
- The Saint and The Sow
- The Shifting Heart
- The Story of the Man Who Turned into a Dog
- The Tree (play)
- The Tunnel of Love (play)
Fiction set in the 1920s
- Alternate Presidents
- Burning Valley
- Carter Beats the Devil
- Christ in Concrete
- Coldheart Canyon
- Family (Ba Jin novel)
- Heritage: The Young Concubine
- Hollywood (Vidal novel)
- Memories of Peking: South Side Stories
- My Uncle Oswald
- Stories from Our Neighbourhood
- Sympathy for the De Vil
- The Angel's Game
- The Battle of Dorking
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- The Empire-Builder from Calisota
- The End of the Affair (The Vampire Diaries)
- The Genius and the Goddess
- The Howling Man
- The Labyrinth of Spirits
- The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
- The Pea-Pickers
- The Pyramid (Golding novel)
- The Rabbi's Cat (comics)
- The Sundowners (novel)
- Today is Tonight
- Tropic of Capricorn (novel)
- Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
Plays by William Inge
- Bus Stop (play)
- Come Back, Little Sheba (play)
- Picnic (play)
- Summer Brave
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Plays set in Oklahoma
- August: Osage County
- Green Grow the Lilacs (play)
- Manahatta (play)
- Sovereignty (play)
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- The Grapes of Wrath (play)
- The Last Mile (play)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_at_the_Top_of_the_Stairs
Also known as Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Farther Off from Heaven.