William Inge's Plays Books in Order
William Inge's Plays contains 11 books, published between 1950 and 2016. The first book is Come Back, Little Sheba (1950) and the newest is Somewhere in America: Six One-Act Plays (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1950–2016
- Pages on record
- 327 in 3 of 11 books
William Inge's Plays is a drama listing of 11 titles published between 1950 and 2016. Come Back, Little Sheba (1950) is the earliest, followed by Picnic (1953), A Loss of Roses (1960) and The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs (1960). The listing also includes the collection 4 Plays by William Inge (1964). Somewhere in America: Six One-Act Plays (2016) is the newest entry.
How many William Inge's Plays books are there?
William Inge's Plays has 11 books, released between 1950 and 2016.
William Inge's Plays Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 William Inge's Plays books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Come Back, Little Sheba1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 2Picnic1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 3A Loss of Roses1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 4The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 5Natural Affection1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 64 Plays by William Inge: Come Back, Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, the Dark at the Top of the Stairs1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 7Where's Daddy?1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 8Summer Brave - Acting Edition1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 9Splendor in the Grass, The Play1998 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/41998721/4
- 10The Apartment Complex: Seven One-Act Plays2016 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/420161041/4
- 11Somewhere in America: Six One-Act Plays2016 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/420161511/4
Do you have to read William Inge's Plays books in order?
You should read the William Inge's Plays books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each William Inge's Plays book also stands alone.
Where to start with William Inge's Plays
Start with Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), the earliest published title.
What is the newest William Inge's Plays book?
Somewhere in America: Six One-Act Plays (2016) is the newest William Inge's Plays book released so far.
Is there a new William Inge's Plays book coming?
No next William Inge's Plays book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
William Inge's Plays at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest William Inge's Plays title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- William Inge's Plays books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 327 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 104 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most William Inge's Plays books, 5 of 11, were published in the 1960s.
- Attribution
- Of the 11 titles, 10 are credited to William Inge, 1 to Tennessee Williams and 1 to Craig Pospisil.
What the William Inge's Plays books are about
2 of the 11 William Inge's Plays books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american fiction is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American fiction 2 of 2 books
- Drama 2 of 2 books