Bus Stop is a 1955 play by William Inge. The film of the same name is partially based upon it. Romeo and Juliet by Ford Madox Brown A play, written by a playwright, or dramatist, is a form of literature, almost always consisting of dialog between characters, and intended for performance rather than reading. ... William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ... Bus Stop, also known as The Wrong Kind of Girl, is a 1956 motion picture directed by Joshua Logan for 20th Century Fox starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur OConnell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray, and Hope Lange. ...

Plot

Bus Stop is a romance consisting of three different romantic relationships. The first of these is between Grace, a "grass widow" and Carl, a bus driver who's bus has been snowed in at the diner that Grace owns. Elma, a bookish young high school girl who is innocent in the ways of love and men, is being courted by an older gentleman by the name of Dr. Gerald Lyman, a former college professor who has an affinity towards young girls. Dr. Lyman, a man with three failed marriages, is a romantic who has not yet grown out of the idealism of being in love. The last romance is between Beau Decker, an obnoxious cowboy, and Cherie, a chanteuse. Beau, also innocent in the ways of love and women, has abducted Cherie with intentions to take her back to his ranch in Montana to marry her with or without her consent.

External link

• Bus Stop at The Internet Broadway Database
• Bus Stop (1996 revivial) at The Internet Broadway Database