Article: Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth and William Inge's Bus Riley's Back in Town: coincidences from a friendship.

When Tennessee Williams retreated to St. Louis in late 1944 to escape some of his pre-production anxiety before the Chicago opening of his play of destiny, The Glass Menagerie, he expected only to visit his mother. He did not expect to meet a shy new friend who was also to become a playwright of destiny: William Inge. Working as a critic for the local daily, the St. Louis Star-Times, Inge called Williams to do an interview. It proved a fortuitous call for the history of American theater, resulting in a long and significant friendship that several Williams and Inge scholars have detailed. (1) Through these scholars' efforts we know that Inge traveled to Chicago to see the ...

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