Steindorff, Paul, 44
Steiner, Herbert, 377
Sten, Anna, We Live Again, 267
Stendhal, 198
Oeuvres Intimes, 631
Stern, Isaac, 603
Sterne, Laurence, 556
Stevens, Wallace, 521
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 81
Stewart, Rosalie, 396n65, 397
stock market crash (1929), 230
Stockton, Frank, 306
Stokowski, Leopold, 389
Stone, Carol, 444
Storrs, Sir Ronald, 365–66
Strachey, Lytton, 238
Eminent Victorians, 218
Strasberg, Lee, 627
Strauss, Richard, 683
Ariadne auf Naxos, 698n219
Strehler, Georgio, 692
Strindberg, August, The Dream Play, 167
Strunsky, Simeon, 77
Sturges, Preston, 278n99
Sullivan, Frank, TNW letter to, 560–61
Swanberg, William A., TNW letter to, 658–59
Swift, Claire Dux, 625
Swift, Jonathan, Gulliver’s Travels, 473–75
T
Taft, William Howard, 23
Tal, Lucy, 320
Talma, Louise, 481, 482, 554, 566, 600
and Alcestiad, 483, 536n105, 550–53, 562–63, 565–68, 580, 598, 622
TNW letters to, 544–45, 550–53, 561–63, 565–68, 578–80, 593–95, 601–4
Taos, New Mexico, 206n141, 266, 272, 273–74, 283–84, 286n120, 389n52
Tappan, Arthur, 2
Tappan, Lewis, 2
Tarkington, Booth, 307, 380, 553, 650
Taylor, Elizabeth, 498
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 654
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, Enoch Arden, 683
Terence, 238
Terry, Ellen, 520
Thacher, Sherman D., 16n16, 30, 172
Thacher School, California, 4, 172
TNW’s letters from, 26–34
Thackeray, William Makepeace, The History of Pendennis, 143n18
Theatre Arts Magazine, 165n62, 177n83
Theatre Guild, 86n152, 178, 360, 562
Théâtre Marigny, Paris, 458
Thimig, Helen, 251n31, 346
TNW letter to, 352–54
Thomas, Dylan, 442–43
Thompson, Dorothy, 379, 381, 384
Thompson, Lawrance, 642n125
Thoreau, Henry David, 494, 512
Thucydides, 17
Tibbett, Lawrence, 276
Tibby, John K., Jr., TNW letter to, 645–46
Tinker, Chauncey B., 7, 102, 496, 556, 615, 616n69
TNW letter to, 219–20
Todd, Jimmy, 114
Todd, Michael, 490
Toklas, Alice B.:
death of, 626n89
estate of, 499n39
TNW letters to, xxxvii, 302–4, 319–20, 371–74, 446–48, 462–65
TNW’s friendship with, xxxvi, 233, 297, 325, 495, 560
Tolstoy, Leo, 275, 278, 634, 635
Torrey, Frederic C., 47
Toscanini, Arturo, 299, 467
“Town Crier” (radio), 307n153
Townley, John A., TNW letter to, 226–27
Townson, Andrew, 188n104, 192–97, 202n131
Townson, Douglas C., 196n117, 216, 218
Tracy, Russell, 33
Trask, Phyllis, 251
Traube, Shepard, 390
Traubel, Helen, 456
Traugott, Harry J., TNW letter to, 431–33
Trego, Nina, 115
“Confession,” 112n185
at Oberlin, 6, 100, 101, 112
Trolley, June, 452
TNW letter to, 451, 453–54
Trolley, Leonard, 440n129, 452, 473
TNW letter to, 451, 453–54
Troxell, Gilbert McCoy “Trixie,” xxxvi, 7, 155
TNW letter to, 564–65
Troxell, Janet, TNW letter to, 564–65
Tunney, Gene, 130, 223, 227, 228
TNW letter to, 675–77
Tunney, Polly Lauder, 676n171
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich, 695
Tyler, Marion, 86, 116
Tynan, Brandon, 77n133
U
UNESCO, 480
Union Pacific (film), 350
United Nations, 441
University of Chicago:
Dramatic Association, 231
Hutchins as president of, 231, 247, 288, 294
TNW’s teaching duties in, 231, 232, 233, 239, 247, 250, 252, 254, 260, 262–63, 287, 291–92, 294–95, 309, 342, 357
University of Michigan, 205
University of Texas Review, 609
Ure, Mary, 693
Uxbridge, Charles Henry Alexander Paget, earl of, 450
V
Valéry, Paul, 314, 315
Vanderbilt, Consuelo, 200
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 156
Van Vechten, Carl, 448n147
Varden, Evelyn, 328n200
Variety, 337
Varney, Ellwood, Jr., 37n72
Vaughn-Williams, Ralph, 684
Vautel, Clément, Mon Curé Chez le Riches, 549
Vega, Lope de, TNW’s studies of works of, 360, 361, 439, 449, 460, 462, 479, 480, 483, 487, 495, 539–41, 595, 598
Verdi, William Francis, 219n163
Vico, Giambattista, 413n92
Victoria, Tomás Luis de, 489
Villon, François, 86
Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York, 651
Viviani, Emilia, 144
Voltaire, Candide, 389
W
Wager, Charles H. A., 80, 110, 116
as Oberlin professor, 6, 52, 60, 83, 84–85, 95, 102–3, 108, 616n69
TNW letters to, 113–14, 151–52, 185–86
Wagner, Charles, 218
Wagner, Richard, Parsifal, 76
Waley, Arthur, 634–35
Walker, Coleman, 200
Wall Street explosion (1920), 135
Walpole, Hugh, 223, 246
Walter, Bruno, 297
Walter, Heinrich, TNW letter to, 476–77
War Industries Board:
Advisory Board Exam, 120
TNW’s letters from, 117–22
Warren, Robert Penn, 602
Washington Square Players, 86
Waska, Ganna, 207n144
Waters, Ethel, 546n125
Watson, Robert, 82
Weeks, Edward, TNW letter to, 209–10
Weidman, Charles, 389n53
Weissman, Herman, 396
We Live Again (film), 278–79
Welles, Orson, 270, 337n215, 390, 394
Werfel, Alma Mahler, 496, 701
Werfel, Franz, 496, 701
Wertheimer, Amy, 180, 199
TNW letters to, 186–90, 638–39
TNW’s friendship with, xxxvi, 217
Wescott, Glenway, 129, 192–93, 220
TNW letters to, 459–61, 599–601
West Indies, TNW’s travels to, 234, 312–13, 564–65, 582, 670
Wharton, Edith, 171, 220
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 119
Nocturne: Blue and Gold, 42
White, Charley, 135–36
Whitehead, Alfred North, 571
Whitehead, Robert, 532n97, 533
Whitman, Walt, 494
Whitney, Marian, 172
Whitney, William Dwight, 140
Wiggin, Frederick H. “Fritz,” 276n95, 316
Wiggin and Dana, 276n95, 471
Wilde, Oscar, 119
The Importance of Being Earnest, 29–30, 528, 631
Wilder, Amos Niven (brother), 10, 71, 187, 675, 696
awards and honors to, 499n41
birth of, 2
in Europe, 125, 126
and father’s control, xxxv
on Hamilton faculty, 230, 261n67
health problems of, 292
marriage to Catharine, 233
mentioned in TNW’s letters, 50, 97, 159, 249, 261, 305, 402, 684, 693
at Oberlin, 5, 36–37, 43, 44–45, 46
poetry by, 182—83, 185, 358, 505
and religion, 106, 126, 127, 140, 141, 182, 184, 358
retirement of, 582
schooling of, 4
summer work of, 5
as tennis player, 50, 58, 148
TNW letters to, 44–45, 73–74, 105–7, 111–12, 139–41, 182–85, 252–54, 299–300, 442–43, 468–71, 505–6, 513–15, 630–32
in World War I, 6, 80n140, 106, 114n192, 116, 125
at Yale, 5, 7, 38–39, 43, 46, 127, 645
Wilder, Amos Parker (father), 71, 187
birth and background of, 1
in China and Hong Kong, 3, 10n6, 23n34
as controlling father, xxxv, 5, 30, 38n73, 43, 105, 125
death of, 234
as editor, 1–2, 3, 127, 157, 230
health problems of, 4, 5, 21, 230, 233, 261, 267, 305
interests of, 2
marriage of, 2
as public speaker, 2–3, 142–43
TNW letters to, 10–14, 16–17, 18–20, 21–23, 26–29, 32–34, 36–38, 47–55, 58–66, 74 -76, 83 -85, 87–90, 92–93, 95–98, 101–4, 107–8, 109–11, 120–22, 137–39, 141–43, 146–48, 150, 152–53, 176–77, 289–90
TNW’s descriptions of, 105–6, 174, 183, 219, 645–46
Wilder, Amos Tappan (nephew), 675
birth of, 373n21
childhood of, 506, 515
schooling of, 505n52
TNW letters to, 512–13, 557–59, 571–72, 615–16, 628–30, 674
Wilder, Amos Todd (great-nephew), 674, 675
Wilder, Catharine Dix “Dixie” (niece), 326, 675
schooling of, 505n52, 515n71, 535
TNW letters to, 534, 535, 636–37, 664–65, 693–94
Wilder, Catharine Kerlin (sister-in-law), 233, 373
TNW letters to, 299–300, 505–6, 513–15, 630–32
Wilder, Charlotte Elizabeth (sister), 10, 40 birth of, 2
in Boston, 127, 153n33
in Europe, 125, 126, 140
mental breakdown of, 358, 422–23, 463, 511n65, 514
mentioned in TNW’s letters, 39, 46, 97, 139, 147, 153, 156–57, 159, 174, 218, 326, 463, 497, 513–15, 604, 646
at Mount Holyoke College, 6, 46, 118
schooling of, 4, 5, 17, 24, 34, 125
on Smith College faculty, 230, 358
TNW letters to, 55–58, 78–79, 208–9, 310, 510–12
and vacations, 27
on Wheaton College faculty, 127, 208, 230
writings by, 79n138, 164, 310n166, 326, 358, 373, 422n104
at Yaddo, 248, 422n104
Wilder, George D. (no relation), 11n8
Wilder, George Durand, Jr. (no relation), 115
Wilder, Isabel (sister), 10, 40, 187, 675, 699
birth of, 2
childhood of, 4
health problems of, 486n4, 562
mentioned in TNW’s letters, 54, 97, 137, 159, 163, 173, 174, 175, 197, 201, 213, 249, 253, 261, 279, 326–27, 350, 373, 449, 463, 464, 557–59, 627, 686
and mother’s death, 444
public lectures of, 261
schooling of, 90–91
TNW letters to, 11–12, 14–16, 37–38, 63–64, 66–67, 90–91, 97–98, 107–8, 195–99, 216–18, 252–54, 278–79, 314–18, 321–22, 395–97, 403, 407–8, 420–21, 423–27, 497–99, 604–6, 624–26
and TNW’s work, 230, 351, 358, 395, 406, 407–8, 409, 412, 430, 440, 531, 553, 624n82, 653, 697, 703
travels of, 125, 126, 130, 163, 359, 360, 482, 495, 582, 583, 584, 585, 677
writings by, 149n31, 249n27, 272, 279, 327
at Yale School of Drama, 127–28
Wilder, Isabella Niven (mother), 10, 40
children of, 2, 10
in China, 3–4
death of, 359–60, 443–44, 447
interests of, 2, 38–39, 114
marriage of, 2
TNW letters to, 11–12, 14–16, 20–21, 23–25, 29–31, 37–38, 63–64, 68–70, 72–73, 79–83, 85–86, 93–95, 97–98, 107–8, 143–45, 148–49, 154–65, 168–75, 179–82, 192–93, 195–202, 222–24, 241–44, 249–54, 278–79, 314–16, 321–22, 383–85, 403–5, 418–21, 423–27
TNW’s descriptions of, 97, 105–6, 249, 261, 267, 327, 443–44
travels of, 2, 4, 125, 130, 146, 350
Wilder, Janet Frances (sister), 10, 187
as biologist, 267, 327, 350
birth of, 3
childhood of, 5, 40
in high school, 128
marriage of, 358, 403n77
mentioned in TNW’s letters, 67, 97, 261, 327
on Mount Holyoke faculty, 358, 373
as Mount Holyoke student, 230, 233, 261
TNW letters to, 14–16, 37–38, 63–64, 97–98, 107–8, 195–99, 312–13, 573–75
travels of, 125, 126, 130, 350
Wilder, Julian (uncle), 73n129
Wilder, Margaret (no relation), 115n195
Wilder, Max (cousin), 73
Wilder, Robin Gibbs (wife of Amos Tappan Wilder), 674, 675
TNW letter to, 674
Wilder, Theodore (no relation), 45
at Chefoo, 4, 6, 11, 14
at Oberlin, 6, 41, 42, 50, 59, 108
TNW letter to, 114–16
Wilder, Thornton Niven, 10, 40, 71, 101, 137, 187, 268, 305, 333, 397, 547, 566, 603, 675, 696, 699
acting, 348, 349, 355, 356, 359, 360, 444n142, 445, 482, 483, 490, 546n125
advice for writers, 629–30
aging, 630, 641, 663, 676–77, 679, 689, 703
awards and honors to, 165n62, 436, 465, 479–80, 482, 494n25, 499n41, 511, 582, 584, 628, 653–54
and biographies, 642–43, 661–63, 687n196, 701–2
birth of, 1, 2, 636
career of, xxxiii—xxxiv, xxxvii
childhood of, 3–4
death of, 586
in Europe, 192–97, 228, 229, 233, 295–304, 314–22, 357, 360–61, 480–83, 503–8, 527–33, 548, 651
and fame, 130, 131
as head of household, 358, 361, 395
health problems of, 129, 583, 585, 586, 637n111, 658n149, 661, 679, 701
and “The House the Bridge Built” (50 Deepwood Drive), xxxv, 230, 248, 260
income of, 129, 223, 231, 232–33, 242, 260, 266, 275, 337, 350–51, 357–58, 397, 582
as lecturer, xxxiii-xxxiv, 223n174, 229, 231, 232, 234, 242, 246–47, 469
on letter writing, xxxiv, 74–75
Lope de Vega studies of, 360, 361, 439, 449, 460, 462, 479, 480, 483, 487, 495, 539–41, 595, 598
military service of, 357, 359, 423–27, 424, 431–33, 436, 439, 447, 452
Pulitzer Prizes to, xxxiii, 130, 234, 359
schooling of, 4, 5, 34, 40, 125
as screenwriter, see Hollywood summer work of, 5, 37–38, 51–52, 54–55, 64–65, 99, 126
as teacher, see Lawrenceville School; University of Chicago
Time cover story on, xxxvi
as translator, 129, 216, 231–32, 234, 356, 360, 361, 441n131, 470, 539–40, 543
as tutor/camp tutor/paid companion, 128, 129, 130, 163, 170, 171, 172–73, 177, 188, 192–97, 213, 216–18
and World War II, see World War II on youth movements, 647–48
Wilder, Thornton Niven, articles and lectures by:
address to Goethe Bicentennial Festival, 361
“The American,” 494n25
“The American Character as Mirrored in Literature,” 360
“The American Characteristics of Classical American Literature,” 495n26
“The American Loneliness,” 495n26
“Culture and Confusion,” 532n98
“Culture in a Democracy,” 482
“Emily Dickinson,” 495n26
“English Letters and Letter Writers,” xxxiii
at “An Evening with Thornton Wilder,” 582, 596n22
“Giordano Br
uno’s Last Meal in Finnegans Wake,” 609n59
“Goethe and World Literature,” 466n173, 470n180
“James Joyce, 1882–1941,” 502n44
“The Language of Emotion in Shakespeare,” 56
“Lope, Pinedo, Some Child Actors, and a Lion,” 462n166
military training films, 357
“Modern Literature and the Inner Life,” 508n57
“New Aids Toward Dating the Early Plays of Lope de Vega,” 462n166
Norton Lectures, Harvard, 479, 480, 483, 494, 495n26, 501, 502, 542
“Religion and Literature,” 356
“The Shelley Centenary—A Notable Exhibition of Shelleyana at the Brick Row Book Shop,” 161n48
“Some Thoughts on Playwriting,” 355–56
“Towards an American Language,” 495n26
“World Literature and the Modern Mind,” 361, 466n173
Wilder, Thornton Niven, works by:
“The Advertisement League,” 36
The Alcestiad, see Alcestiad, The, or A Life in the Sun
American Characteristics and Other Essays, 495n26, 502n44
And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead, 159, 162n49
The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays, 191n110, 222n170, 231
“Arabian Nights,” 327n197
“Archangel’s Fires,” 56
Bernice, 464n171, 545, 546n125
“The Breaking of Exile,” 121n213, 239n8
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, see Bridge of San Luis Rey, The “Brother Fire: A Comedy for Saints,” 56, 64
The Cabala, 128, 154n34, 179–80, 184n100, 186, 188, 189–90, 191n109, 191n111, 197, 200n127, 202, 203, 240, 302, 632–33, 650, 702
Childhood, 483, 581
The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, 531n96
“The Diamond of Baghdad,” 327n198
The Drunken Sisters, 482, 546n125
The Eighth Day, 574n169, 584, 625n86, 643n126, 650, 653n142
Elizabeth Grier and Her Circle, 163, 165
“The Emporium,” 361, 480, 483, 495n27
The Ends of the Worlds (working title), 356
“A Fable for Those Who Plague,” 55, 56n103, 63
“Four Minute Plays for Four Persons,” 481
“Geraldine de Gray,” 180
“The Graves Family,” 55, 56n103
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, 231, 251, 366n9, 593, 691n203
“Haroun al-Raschid,” 327n197
Heaven’s My Destination, 222n171, 232, 233, 256, 261, 283, 528, 568, 650, 702
“The Hell of the Vizier Kabäar,” 327n197, 407n82, 434–35
“Homage to P. G. Wodehouse,” 327n198
The Ides of March, xxxiv, 144n19, 359, 360, 440n127, 459n163, 483, 543n117, 582, 622, 625
Infancy, 581–82
The Journals of Thornton Wilder: 1939–1961, 546n125