PICNIC @ Triad Stage

"The summer's flower is to the summer sweet..." --Shakespeare, Sonnet 94 (epigraph included by Inge for Picnic)

THE LIFE OF WILLIAM INGE:

Google Timeline for William Inge's Picnic-- http://www.google.com/search?q=william+inge+picnic&hl=en&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=uCFuSoX0JYys8gSt6sWeDQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11
Inge's biography: http://www.ingefestival.org/aboutinge.html (includes a mention of the small affair that Inge had with Tennessee Williams, but that apparently was the tip of the iceberg... ask Preston about other stories).
New plays discovered and recently staged in Inpendence, Kansas then New York: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/theater/06inge.html
(More about Inge included in the dramaturgical notebook.)

PRODUCTION HISTORY:

THE 1950s IN AMERICA:

Jan. 07, 1952 Mar. 31, 1952 Jan. 5, 1953 Oct. 25, 1954

KANSAS:

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES:

1950 Cadillacs

1950 Fords

Alan calls Madge "Delilah," commenting on her beauty, but foreshadowing her betrayal. (Did he not pay attention in Sunday school?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah
Millie enjoys the works of Carson McCullers & Picasso:

Irma says she goes to the famous and infamous Stork Club: http://www.storkclub.org/. The owner, Sherman Billingsley, evidently had hand signals to get what he wanted: http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/03/02/hand-signals-at-the-stork-club/
The Hi Ho Millie mentions going to was something a bit ellusive, but I found a museum piece in Canada: http://www.ctmhv.com/Theme/hi_ho.htm

*If you have questions about anything else in the script feel free to ask Drew Barker, or email him at drewbarker@triadstage.org

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