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William Inge burst upon the theatrical scene with this story of marital frustration which erupts in violence. Doc and Lola had an indiscreet affair she became pregnant and compelled to marry her he gave up his medical studies forfeited his future and settled down to a life of quiet desperation with the simple homey Lola who lost the child but has remained Doc's steadfast if slatternly wife. Now a chiropractor and recovering alcohol