His The Dark at the Top of the Stairs was an enlarged version of his first work, 1947's Farther Off from Heaven.  
His The Dark at the Top of the Stairs was an enlarged version of his first work, 1947's Farther Off from Heaven.  He wrote two novels near the end of his life, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff and My Son Is a Splendid Driver, but is better known for plays like Summer Brave and Come Back, Little Sheba.  FTP, identify this Midwestern dramatist of Bus Stop, Picnic, and Splendor in the Grass.
His The Dark at the Top of the Stairs was an enlarged version of his first work, 1947's Farther Off from Heaven.  
William Inge