The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry: American playwright William Inge (1913-1973) has been somewhat overlooked. He certainly saw the latter stages of his career that way, leading to his suicide in Los Angeles at the age of 60. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957), which won a Tony Award, is a reworking of his first play, Further Off From Heaven, written and staged a decade earlier. Other successful plays by Inge include t…