The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs
by William Inge

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Synopsis

THE STORY: The setting is a small Oklahoma town in the early 1920s and the home of the Flood family.

Here we find Rubin, a traveling salesman for a harness firm, Cora, his sensitive and lovely wife, Sonny, their little boy and Reenie, their teenage

Press Reviews

"A moving, perceptive and effective drama. —NY Post. ”William Inge…possesses a kind of magic, it is the magic of language, of never using a false word or phrase…"

— NY Newsday

Publication

Year 1960
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822202714
ISBN-10 0822202719

The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs is a American mystery play written by William Inge and published by Dramatists Play Service (1960).

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