play by William IngeInge grew up in Independece, Kansas. He wrote \"Come Back, Little Sheba\" while a teacher at Washington University in St. Louis. He quit this position after the play was picked up for Broadway, and moved to the big city.\n\n\"I\'ve always been glad that I grew up in Independence, because I feel it gave me a knowledge of people and a love of people. I\'ve often wondered how people raised in our great cities ever develop any knowledge of humankind. People who grow up in small towns get to know each other so much more closely than they do in cities. \n\nIndependence I\'ll always remember as a beautifullittle town with enormous shady trees and lots of fine spacious homes. I\'ll always remember the celebrations of Halloween and the city park there with its winding drive around the sad old Verdigris River. And the old wives\' tale that the Indians had left a curse on the river, that it would take one life a year in vengeance on the white man for having usurped the land. I always remember the fine tennis courts and the swimming pool and the ball park where night games first were played anywhere in the nation. Independence lies in the very heart of our country, and so maybe its people have more heart in human affairs. Big people come out of small towns.\"-- William Inge, for the 1970 Independence Centennial \n\nLaurence Olivier ... Doc Delaney\nJoanne Woodward ... Lola Delaney\nPatience Collier ... Mrs. Coffman\nBruce Boa ... Ed\nEd Devereaux ... Elmo\n\n\nDirected by Silvio Narizzano 1950s, Carrie-Fisher, Joanne-Woodward, Laurence-Olivier, Midwest, play, Theatre, William-Inge