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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Internal drama at the top of the stairs,
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This review is from: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. (Paperback)
Dark at the Top of the Stairs is not William Inge's most popular play. It is overshadowed by Picnic and Bus Stop. The family drama relates more closely to Inge's sad "Come Back Little Sheba".The 50's play is set in the 20's as a Midwestern family, with various personalities, problems, fears, anxieties that encompass the darkness that exists in everyone's lives. And, not to mention that with any family unhappiness, the children's difficulties are meshed into the adults tribulations. A family man, Rubin Flood, and his wife, Cora, endure a short separation over discussions about his unwillingness and fear to advance technologically in his employment. He is a harness salesman in the age of the coming of the vehicle. Cora is bringing up two children with their own personal and private issues. Cora remains strong while getting her daughter ready for a date and yet dealing with a son who lives in a fantasy world of Hollywood stars. The film focuses on marital discord, separation, prejudice, suicide, and adultry. There is a film version that starred Robert Preston, but to get the full depths of the darkness, read the play.....Rizzo
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs,
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This review is from: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. (Paperback)
Very good play. Lots of layers. Dramatic with touch of tragedy yet redeemed by optimism. Unselfconscious, intelligent.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. by William Inge (Paperback - Jan. 1998)
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